Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSApr 20
*THIS! This* is one of the many reasons I don't want my #ResearcherAuthors to use #AI in writing their #ResearchPapers! And many #medical #journals also don't want them to. See "Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real" in @Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real

Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?