Researchers Flag Fabricated Citations and LLM-Style Writing in AI Papers

Erik Hoel flagged suspected fabricated citations in an AI paper, including a reference to a nonexistent work. Researcher rgblong (Long Ouyang) agreed and also criticized an important paper's dense, vague LLM-style prose that obscures its actual claims.

2026-10-01 ~ 2026-10-01 · 2 related posts

• Researchers flag apparently fake citations in paper, calling passages 'rather LLMish' — rgblong · 2026-10-01
• Researchers call out 'LLMish' prose in an important paper — rgblong · 2026-10-01