I work in an oncology laboratory in the United States. After being asked to review a paper, I noticed that in one of the main figures, several images appeared identical to those of a previous ...

None of the most widely used large language models (LLMs) that are rapidly upending how humanity is acquiring knowledge has faced independent peer review in a research journal. It’s a notable absence.

Japanese AI startup Sakana said that its AI generated one of the first peer-reviewed scientific publications. But while the claim isn’t necessarily untrue, there are caveats to note. The debate ...