The journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology announced a retraction on Friday after a paper written by artificial intelligence that featured images that were too dangerous to work with was somehow published.
The original paper, “Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells related to JAK/STAT signaling pathway,” was published on Wednesday and was said to be written by researchers from Honghui Hospital and Jiaotong University in China. according to Until notice of withdrawal. Please note, these images (share (posted on Twitter after the retraction) is really, really graphic.
All diagrams in the article were developed using artificial intelligence. according to to the Telegraph. Not only are these completely nonsensical in a scientific sense, they also seem to show a rat with a huge penis and her four testicles.
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Frontiers thanked “concerned readers” who contacted staff after the article was published, but many expressed concerns about how the article ended up on the site in the first place. In addition to ridiculous numbers, the article also used made-up words such as “dismantled” and “test tomsel.” (Related: Harvard University Scientist Claims Those Loud, Mysterious Impact Sounds You Hear Are From UFOs, And They Almost Killed Us All)
“Of course we can have a good laugh at these numbers, but I wonder how on earth the editor and two reviewers couldn't figure this out,” says the microbiologist and author of the problem with scientific papers. says Dr. Elizabeth Bick, who also makes the point. The Independent reported. “But this paper is actually a sad example of how naive scientific journals, editors, and reviewers are in accepting and publishing AI-generated crap. “Although this is not true, if such failed illustrations can easily pass peer review, more realistic-looking numbers generated by AI may already be making their way into the scientific literature.''
China is currently in the midst of a nationwide review into research misconduct after more than 17,000 Chinese-language articles have been withdrawn from English-language journals since 2021. There is no clear explanation as to what happens after the review is complete, but it goes to show that simply “trusting the science” is not always the best idea.
