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Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They're Not Meant for Humans
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Scientists insert hidden commands into papers to influence evaluating artificial intelligence • This practice is both a fraud and a protest against lazy reviewers • The situation reveals a deep systemic crisis of trust in academic publishing
Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review - 3 Quarks Daily
Elizabeth Gibney in Nature: Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick artificial intelligence (AI) tools into giving them a positive peer-review report. The Tokyo-based news magazine Nikkei Asia reported last week on the practice, which had previously been discussed on social media. Nature has independently found 18 preprint studies containing such hidden messages, which are usually included as white …
Researchers add hidden prompts to their articles to encourage AI-based automated assessment tools to provide praiseworthy feedback that jeopardizes the integrity of the research Researchers have started to evaluate their peers with the help of AI. But this threatens the integrity of scientific research. Researchers are using a new strategy to influence peer review of their research articles: adding prompts (generative instructions)...
Scientists use messages for artificial intelligence in their work to maximize the chances of their being published. An anecdotal a priori practice, but one that eschews an already divided academic world on artificial intelligence
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