This Week’s Texted Discoveries

LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem - Nature Machine Intelligence

Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

NatureBrian D. Earp

The AI industry wants to turn the routine mammogram into a powerful multitool

A new generation of AI algorithms aim to go beyond detecting cancers to predicting risk for cardiovascular diseases.

STATKatie Palmer

“Some cancer specialists counter these concerns, saying the surge in diagnoses is primarily a surge in detecting cancers that did not need to be found, or did not need to be found so soon. They would not have killed patients if they had not been detected, or if they had been detected later in life.“Some cancer specialists counter these concerns, saying the surge in diagnoses is primarily a surge in detecting cancers that did not need to be found, or did not need to be found so soon. They would not have killed patients if they had not been detected, or if they had been detected later in life."It has been known for decades that not every cancer is dangerous. Some go away on their own. Others stop growing or pose no risk — they cause no symptoms and do not spread.”

Publisher under fire after ‘fake’ citations found in AI ethics guide

A book published by Springer Nature includes dozens of questionable citations, including references to journals that do not exist