ChatGPT hallucinates fake but plausible scientific citations at a staggering rate, study finds
"MacDonald found that a total of 32.3% of the 300 citations generated by ChatGPT were hallucinated. Despite being fabricated, these hallucinated citations were constructed with elements that appeared legitimate — such as real authors who are recognized in their respective fields, properly formatted DOIs, and references to legitimate peer-reviewed journals."
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@bibliolater @science @ai I was reading that this morning - fascinating.
I've already caught it out several times - even to the point of connecting with authors via LinkedIn to see if the citations were real or not (they weren't). One to watch...
Sounds like a lot of extra work!
