wire / 2026-08-17-e02c
Taiwan report finds 16.1% of checked academic references fabricated, largely from AI hallucinated citations
One in six citations in checked Taiwanese papers now points at something the model made up. Peer review has a new step and it is Ctrl+F.
The facts
A report by Taiwan's '快刀論文比對系統' reveals that 16.1% of academic references checked were fabricated or erroneous, largely due to generative AI producing hallucinated citations. This widespread issue poses a significant threat to academic integrity, as AI-generated references are often indistinguishable from genuine ones.