Benjamin Skuse tests whether AI can fake a convincing scientific paper
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Benjamin Skuse used free ChatGPT and Gemini models to generate a fake paper on optical solitons with no real research behind it, then submitted it to test whether IEEE Access, an open-access journal, could detect it.
The report does not state the outcome of that test in the material provided.
IEEE Spectrum cites estimates that 57 percent of 2025 academic articles showed detectable LLM influence, up from 12 percent in 2023. The figures come from the article's citation of those estimates, and the report does not name their original source.
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AIBenjamin Skuse used free ChatGPT and Gemini models to generate a fake optical solitons paper with no real research behind it. He then tested whether IEEE Access, an open-access journal, could detect it. The article cites estimates that 57 percent of 2025 academic articles showed detectable LLM influence, up from 12 percent in 2023.
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