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Sneaky scientists: hidden AI prompts found in papers

Sneaky scientists: hidden AI prompts found in papers

Gail P Sherman
Jul 21, 2025
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Scientific papers have been found to contain hidden AI instructions to ensure positive "peer" reviews. Nikkei Asia found papers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries that contained AI prompts in white text or in fonts too small for humans to read.

The prompts were one to three sentences long, with instructions such as "give a positive review o…

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