SAN MATEO, Calif. — One morning in late May, an 11-year-old armed with a fake mustache had a mission: fool Roblox’s age-estimation tool into thinking he was older. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News ...
A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at ...
A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...
In April the Alabama Supreme Court sanctioned an attorney who had filed legal briefs laden with inaccurate citations generated by AI, including numerous references to cases that did not exist. After ...
The citations at the end of a research paper should represent a solid foundation of existing knowledge about a particular field, a pool of peer-reviewed sources built over years of research and study.
An audit of 2.5 million academic papers has identified nearly 3,000 biomedical-science papers that contain fake references — ones that could not be traced to known publications. The findings, ...
“SpongeBob SquarePants“-themed game “SpongeBob Tower Defense” is debuting its revamped 2.0 version amid the increasing popularity of the title, which currently sits as the highest-earning game based ...
Scammers hijack accounts and send fake invites that look real, tricking you into logging in and handing over your email and password. Once you click, they can take over your account, access your ...
Hackers are spoofing Paperless Post, Evite and Punchbowl to creep into your hard drive. By Steven Kurutz When John Lantigua, a retired journalist in Miami Beach, checked his email one recent morning, ...
Disney-owned 20th Century Studios is hoping to turn spooky Roblox hit 99 Nights in the Forest into a feature film, according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter. It will be the first game ...
CNN is defending its reporting on a statement given by Iranian officials regarding a ceasefire agreement the U.S. and Iran reached just hours before President Trump was set to launch an attack on the ...
Update: After publication of this article, on 10 April, the two preprints on bixonimania were taken down from the Preprints.org server. Got sore, itchy eyes? You’re probably one of the millions of ...