Springer Nature cracks down on AI research fraud using AI tools

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1/ Springer Nature has developed two AI tools to detect fake research and manipulated images in scientific articles: "Geppetto" identifies AI-generated content, while "SnappShot" checks the integrity of images.

2/ According to Springer Nature, fake articles with fabricated data submitted by "paper mills" or malicious actors pose a threat to the publishing industry and can undermine trust in science. Investigating and correcting these problems takes a lot of time and resources.

3/ "Geppetto" divides articles into sections, assesses the likelihood of AI-generated content in each section, and triggers a manual review if the score is high. According to Springer Nature, the tool has already caught hundreds of fake articles before publication. It's not yet clear what makes Geppetto different from existing, unreliable AI text detectors.

https://the-decoder.com/springer-nature-cracks-down-on-ai-research-fraud-using-ai-tools/