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Researchers are increasingly relying on Chat GPT and other AI platforms to write their peer-reviewed studies, raising yet another serious question about research integrity. A vegan restaurant owner who began serving meat is now under fire from thousands of former customers—and the animal rights group PETA. In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is decades old at this point, but the industry is still very lightly regulated. Partisan politics may prevent us from developing the kinds of rules necessary to protect prospective moms and their children.
Podcast:
Join hosts Dr. Liza Dunn and GLP contributor Cameron English on episode 267 of Science Facts and Fallacies as they break down these latest news stories:
* Is AI infiltrating scientific publishing? Rise of ‘suspicious’ tell words popping up in published papers
Some scientists have turned to AI text generators to write their academic research. The scandal was uncovered because strange phrases like “certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic” began to show up in published journal articles, meaning neither the peer-reviewers nor the journal editors caught the obvious gaff before approving the papers for publication. AI-authored studies are the latest problem on a long list of issues that are crippling academic publishing. What can be done to bring this critical problem under control?
* ‘My identity was tied to veganism’: Why this restaurant owner decided to swap plant-based cuisine for regeneratively-grown meat
A Los Angeles-based vegan restaurant owner began serving meat after abandoning her lifelong vegetarianism. The decision sparked an explosive response, triggering more than 4,000 critical comments on Facebook as well as a denouncement from PETA. The episode helpfully illustrates an important point: seemingly scientific discussions about nutrition and environmental protection have important cultural components that go way beyond the evidence.
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* Viewpoint: ‘Real IVF industry regulation is long overdue. But consumer protection is not enough’
Although IVF has been used to treat infertility for decades, serious ethical questions about the technology remain unresolved.
Podcast:
Join hosts Dr. Liza Dunn and GLP contributor Cameron English on episode 267 of Science Facts and Fallacies as they break down these latest news stories:
* Is AI infiltrating scientific publishing? Rise of ‘suspicious’ tell words popping up in published papers
Some scientists have turned to AI text generators to write their academic research. The scandal was uncovered because strange phrases like “certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic” began to show up in published journal articles, meaning neither the peer-reviewers nor the journal editors caught the obvious gaff before approving the papers for publication. AI-authored studies are the latest problem on a long list of issues that are crippling academic publishing. What can be done to bring this critical problem under control?
* ‘My identity was tied to veganism’: Why this restaurant owner decided to swap plant-based cuisine for regeneratively-grown meat
A Los Angeles-based vegan restaurant owner began serving meat after abandoning her lifelong vegetarianism. The decision sparked an explosive response, triggering more than 4,000 critical comments on Facebook as well as a denouncement from PETA. The episode helpfully illustrates an important point: seemingly scientific discussions about nutrition and environmental protection have important cultural components that go way beyond the evidence.
Follow the latest news and policy debates on sustainable agriculture, biomedicine, and other ‘disruptive’ innovations. Subscribe to our newsletter.
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* Viewpoint: ‘Real IVF industry regulation is long overdue. But consumer protection is not enough’
Although IVF has been used to treat infertility for decades, serious ethical questions about the technology remain unresolved.