Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology journal editors retracted a paper due to improperly generated supporting images by an AI image generator. The retraction was prompted by concerns about the nature of the AI-generated figures. The use of AI in creating technical paper images has sparked ongoing discussions in the science community. It remains unclear how these problematic images made it into a peer-reviewed journal. The authors, a team from Hong Hui Hospital and Jiaotong University in China, openly acknowledged using AI to create the images and credited Midjourney. Frontiers’ policy allows AI-generated materials as long as their use is disclosed, but also requires fact-checking, which was not done in this case. Initially, Frontiers claimed the article had been corrected, but it was later retracted.
2024-02-19 18:00:05
Original from phys.org