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Journalist uses AI to fake a scientific paper, testing IEEE's defenses

Skuse and IEEE Access agree to war-game a fake AI paper

1 Oct 27 9:00 AM · 12d ago · 1 article · 1 source · development 1 of 3

Benjamin Skuse asked Jenny Mahoney, managing editor of IEEE Access, to let him attempt to sneak an AI-generated, fully fabricated paper past the journal's defenses, using only free ChatGPT and Gemini with minimal human editing and himself as sole author.

“I decided to “vibe-research” a made-up paper by prompting LLMs to generate hypotheses, code, and text with minimal human input.”

Benjamin Skuse

Benjamin Skuse IEEE Spectrum writer, experiment designerJenny Mahoney Managing editor, IEEE AccessAmanda Sulicz IEEE research-integrity manager

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  1. 2 outlets I Used AI to Fake a Scientific Paper. Here’s What Happened

    first by IEEE Spectrum, 10d ago · also HN Frontpage

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