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Morning Edition · Monday, October 19, 2026Published at 2:14 AM EDT · New York
Researchers warn paper mills now use generative AI to fabricate patient data, as a screening model flags 261,245 cancer studies
Fabricated citations in biomedical papers rose from about 4 to about 57 per 10,000 papers between 2023 and early 2026, and a new forensic paper uses the power grid's frequency signature to authenticate video.
Researchers are warning that paper mills, businesses that sell fake or low-quality studies, are using generative AI to produce fabricated patient data and convincing medical manuscripts at scale, AI Post reported. The scale is starting to b…
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Generative models will keep lowering the cost of fabricated evidence faster than artifact-based detectors adapt, pushing institutions toward provenance and physical-signal verification instead of style classification.
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