Study finds 90% of biomedical papers show signs of AI assistance
abenitezburraco · x · 2026-08-22
A Nature article reports a study indicating that the use of AI in writing scientific papers is much more prevalent than previously thought. Approximately 90% of papers published in December 2025 in a major biomedical database (PubMed) showed signs of AI-assisted writing.
- Trends: The estimated usage rate for 2025 is 77% (up from 52% in 2024) for papers in PubMed Central.
- Patterns: Introductions and discussions show more signs of AI use than results sections.
- Context: The figures, derived from arXiv preprints, are substantially higher than previous estimates based solely on abstracts.
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