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Today's Topics:
1. A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers ? and we traced
it back to a glitch in AI training data (Antony Barry)
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:18:37 +1000
From: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
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Subject: [LINK] A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers ? and we
traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
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A recent article from The Conversation discusses the emergence of a
peculiar phrase, ?As of my last knowledge update,? appearing in a growing
number of scientific papers. This phrase is characteristic of responses
generated by AI language models like ChatGPT, which use it to indicate the
limits of their training data. Researchers traced the widespread use of
this phrase in academic writing to a glitch in AI training data, where the
models were exposed to their own outputs or similar AI-generated content.
As a result, some authors?intentionally or not?have included this phrase
verbatim in their manuscripts, revealing reliance on AI tools for content
generation.
The article highlights concerns about academic integrity, the transparency
of AI use in research, and the broader implications for scientific
publishing. It calls for clearer guidelines and better detection methods to
manage the influence of AI-generated text in scholarly communication.
[Summary by Compiled by Perplexity AI 2025-04-16]
https://theconversation.com/a-weird-phrase-is-plaguing-scientific-papers-and-we-traced-it-back-to-a-glitch-in-ai-training-data-254463
Tony
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