Investigation exposes journals publishing AI-generated papers under false names
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An investigation has found that several obscure academic journals have published AI-generated "AI slop" papers under the names of professors who did not take part in writing them, raising concerns about the misuse of scholars' identities. The investigation, disclosed by Times Higher Education, named journals including the American International Journal of Research and Innovation. Follow-up reporting said three journals were involved, that the papers were published under the names of prominent scholars without their consent, and that they appeared to be AI-generated. The reports did not state the specific scale of the papers or any remedial measures taken.
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- Hacker News AIAI Slop Papers Published Under Prominent Academics Names
An investigation found that little-known academic journals are publishing AI-generated "slop" papers falsely attributed to prominent professors, including Alan Said, Fei-Fei Li, Christopher Manning, Michael I. Jordan, Stuart Russell and Jure Leskovec, several of whom confirmed they did not write the articles or consent to their names being used. The journals AIJRI, AJAMRI and AJFMR share similar graphics, the same editor in chief (Denish Brown) and board members, advertise publication fees, and show archives of papers supposedly published years before their 2026 domain registrations. Said said he worries a new Ph.D. student might see his name in such a journal and think it is acceptable to submit there.
- Hacker News AI'AI slop' papers published under prominent academics' names
An investigation by Times Higher Education found that little-known journals including the American International Journal of Research and Innovation, the American Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation and the American Journal For Multidisciplinary Research have published AI-generated papers attributed to academics such as Alan Said, Fei-Fei Li, Christopher Manning, Michael I. Jordan, Stuart Russell and Jure Leskovec without their knowledge or consent. Said discovered a paper under his name that he described as having "no content," and after he reported it the article stayed online while its attributed author changed repeatedly; several named academics and listed editorial board members confirmed they had not written the papers or agreed to serve. The journals share an editor-in-chief named Denish Brown, similar graphics and a US-area-code WhatsApp number, advertise publication fees, and show archives of papers supposedly published years before their 2026 domain registrations.
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