<ul><li>A mistake made by AI has led to a series of flawed scientific papers, raising concerns about the credibility of academic research.</li><li>The mistake, an AI-generated mistranslation of a scientific term, went unnoticed by peer reviewers and was repeated in nearly two dozen published studies.</li><li>This incident highlights the dangers of unchecked automation in academia and the need for rigorous human oversight when using AI in research.</li><li>The scientific community must strike a balance between leveraging the power of AI and maintaining human critical thinking for genuine discovery.</li></ul>

AI’s research blunder: How a mistake sparked a chain of flawed scientific papers. Can artificial intelligence be trusted in academia?

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