AI-generated submissions overwhelm academic journal peer review, COPE Council member reports

AI-generated submissions have ballooned at academic journals, overwhelming the volunteer peer-review system — where scholars vet manuscripts before publication — to the point of strain or collapse. COPE Council member Itamar Ashkenazi told a COPE presentation that papers now show AI signs including factual errors and authors with improbably long publication lists. Publishers are developing screening tools and author guidelines in response.