AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to fool

AI peer review doesn’t produce diverse feedback and can be tricked to boost research scores

An AI chip mixed with stacks of papers with paperclips

For decades, there have been more new papers than scientists can review. AI tools have been touted to help alleviate the workload, but the tech comes with consequences.

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AI technology was supposed to streamline scientific peer review. Instead, it’s proving easy to fool.