University probes AI text in book by one of its academics

Ireland’s University of Limerick has launched an investigation into how text generated by AI came to be included in a scholarly book authored by one of its senior academics, writes Cianan Brennan for the Irish Examiner.

Earlier this year, the book, titled Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy, was first published by Springer Nature, a German-British academic publishing company. The book, which retailed for between €100 (US$115) and €140 while on release, comprised an overview of the different types of cancer vaccines and a discussion of how nanovaccines – those made up of very small particles – could be used to boost immunity from the disease.

However, soon after its release last March, an American academic John Mark Ockerbloom, based at the University of Pennsylvania, discovered a passage in the book which – while discussing the advantages of cancer vaccines over chemotherapy – advised the reader they were dealing with an AI response, and should ideally seek advice from a human.
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