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Flood of 'junk': how AI is changing scientific publishing

An infographic of a rat with a preposterously large penis. Another shows human legs with way too many bones. These are a few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence that have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry. Several experts say that the rise of AI has turbocharged the existing problems in the multi-billion-dollar sector.