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Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done? Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.


Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.

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