Morning Edition · Friday, July 31, 2026Published at 2:00 AM EDT · New York
GPTZero Finds Fabricated Citations in PwC Middle East Research Reports
The detection firm estimated an 84 percent chance one report was entirely AI-generated, rising to 100 percent once its reference section was excluded, with footnotes pointing to dead or nonexistent sources.
Detection company GPTZero reported suspected AI-generated text and fabricated citations in four PwC Middle East research reports published between 2024 and 2026, covering agentic AI, government services, electric-vehicle cybersecurity, and…
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