The internet sleuths fighting fake research
July 4, 2024
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Episode 1284 · July 4, 2024
The internet sleuths fighting fake research
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<p>Smut Clyde spends several hours every day, scouring online science journals for suspicious-looking research.</p><p>He’s part of a growing team of online ‘science sleuths’, combating the rising number of fake research papers being published.</p><p>These papers are typically generated, with the help of AI, by ‘paper mills’: a cottage industry relying on overworked and desperate researchers to fuel their profit. </p><p>Today, <em>7am </em>producer and journalist Cheyne Anderson on how this epidemic of fraudulent research is infecting the scientific record and the self-appointed ‘sleuths’ who are fighting it.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Producer for <em>7am</em>, Cheyne Anderson.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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