IEEE Spectrum · October 27, 2026 · On the brief until November 10, 2026

I Used AI to Fake a Scientific Paper. Here’s What Happened

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THE AI ANGLE

Fabricating scientific papers, data, and citations

A writer used artificial intelligence to produce fake research papers and tested them against an IEEE journal. Automated integrity tools caught the submissions by identifying hallucinated citations and unreviewed preprints. The experiment highlights an expanding wave of synthetic submissions that overburdens volunteer peer reviewers and academic evaluators.

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THE TEACHING ANGLE

Automated tools easily catch fake citations today, but evaluators must debate how to detect synthetic text when the underlying references look legitimate.

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I Used AI to Fake a Scientific Paper. Here’s What Happened

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