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AI is complicating plagiarism. How should scientists respond?

The explosive uptake of generative artificial intelligence in writing is raising difficult questions about when use of the technology should be allowed.
  1. Diana Kwon

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From accusations that led Harvard University’s president to resign in January, to revelations in February of plagiarized text in peer-review reports, the academic world has been roiled by cases of plagiarism this year.

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