Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Citations in academic papers are intended to ground research in the ...

Reporting from the organization, Retraction Watch, has found that the world of research is being flooded with fake research papers. These undermine legitimate research, can impact funding and can ...

Rapid citation surge: Fake references in biomedical papers jumped from 1 in 2,828 papers in 2023 to 1 in 277 in early 2026, coinciding with AI tool adoption. Risks to patient care: Fabricated ...

When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful ...

Caption: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the company’s Copilot initiatives. A new Microsoft study finds that the biggest barrier to AI at work isn’t the technology — it’s the organizations ...