--- title: AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations description: GPTZero discovered 100 AI-generated hallucinations (fake citations and authors) in 51 papers accepted by NeurIPS, a major AI conference. This follows similar... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-conference-s-papers-contaminated-by-ai-hallucinations-jdhwldnru twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations | daily.dev og:description: GPTZero discovered 100 AI-generated hallucinations (fake citations and authors) in 51 papers accepted by NeurIPS, a major AI conference. This follows similar... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-conference-s-papers-contaminated-by-ai-hallucinations-jdhwldnru og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JdHwLdnRU.png og:image:alt: AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GPTZero discovered 100 AI-generated hallucinations (fake citations and authors) in 51 papers accepted by NeurIPS, a major AI conference. This follows similar findings at other academic conferences. The surge in AI tool usage correlates with a 55% increase in substantive errors in machine learning papers since 2021. Academic publishers face mounting challenges as paper submissions have grown 220% while quality control struggles to keep pace. The issue highlights broader concerns about AI-assisted research undermining scientific integrity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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