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Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes (www.vice.com)

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Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes::A peer-reviewed study featured nonsensical AI images including a giant rat penis in the latest example of how generative AI has seeped into academia.

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[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 66 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well that’s a headline I didn’t expect to see this morning.

Regardless of the rights and wrongs of AI generated images, it’s quite concerning something like this makes it into a scientific journal at all.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Journal is at a huge loss of credibility with this. Their entire purpose is to be respectable and review submissions with a high degree of scrutiny.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 7 points 8 months ago

Frontiers in isn't the greatest journal to begin with