These names do not exist. Elena Vasquez and Marcus Chen have appeared as volcano experts, astronauts, thriller protagonists, podcast hosts, and academic co-authors across hundreds of independently produced AI-generated documents, never having lived.
arXiv:2606. 11105v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Hallucinations, where language models (LMs) generate factually ungrounded responses, pose serious risks, as users tend to blindly rely on them.
By Haeji Jung, Hila Gonen
arXiv:2607. 22513v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Commercial large language models are increasingly used as knowledge references, yet their stance on contested scientific claims is neither stable nor transparent.
By Davide Scarso, Hugo Noronha de Almeida, Joaquim Pina
arXiv:2607. 00738v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models can generate polished scientific text that includes unsupported claims, allowing hallucinations to enter the archival record.
By Mark Russinovich, Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, Ahmed Salem
Generative-AI evaluations can become historical before publication, yet calendar age does not affect every conclusion equally. This paper has two linked purposes.
arXiv:2608. 05157v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Double blind peer review serves as the scientific community primary defense against status and affiliation bias.
By Bulambo Mwendelwa Gloire, Prasenjit Mitra