Artificial intelligence tools are only making it easier to spot problems. Some scientists say it’s time for universities and academic publishers to reform how they address flawed research.
Pretty easy/good read.
Tl;dr - image manipulation in submitted papers can be found via AI, and there are online groups hunting for it.
“Now, the long-standing problem is in the national spotlight, and new artificial intelligence tools are only making it easier to spot problems that range from decades-old errors and sloppy science to images enhanced unethically in photo-editing software. “
Pretty easy/good read. Tl;dr - image manipulation in submitted papers can be found via AI, and there are online groups hunting for it.
“Now, the long-standing problem is in the national spotlight, and new artificial intelligence tools are only making it easier to spot problems that range from decades-old errors and sloppy science to images enhanced unethically in photo-editing software. “
I recommend the Freakonomics podcasts on this issue:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-there-so-much-fraud-in-academia/
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/can-academic-fraud-be-stopped/