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ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove

At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
  1. Chris Stokel-Walker

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The artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT that has taken the world by storm has made its formal debut in the scientific literature — racking up at least four authorship credits on published papers and preprints.

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Nature 613, 620-621 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00107-z

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  1. Kung, T. H. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.19.22283643 (2022).

  2. O’Connor, S. & ChatGPT Nurse Educ. Pract. 66, 103537 (2023).

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  3. ChatGPT & Zhavoronkov, A. Oncoscience 9, 82–84 (2022).

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  4. GPT, Osmanovic Thunström, A. & Steingrimsson, S. Preprint at HAL https://hal.science/hal-03701250 (2022).

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