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'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Highlighting a seemingly blank space in a preprint on arXiv reveals an AI prompt. (Photo by Kaori Yuzawa)
SHOGO SUGIYAMA and RYOSUKE EGUCHI
TOKYO -- Research papers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries -- including Japan, South Korea and China -- contained hidden prompts directing artificial intelligence tools to give them good reviews, Nikkei has found.
Nikkei looked at English-language preprints -- manuscripts that have yet to undergo formal peer review -- on the academic research platform arXiv.
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