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@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

A review of the proceedings from four major computer-science conferences showed that none from 2021, and all from 2025, had fake citations.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05867v1

The authors prefer the term "mysterious citations" which they define this way: "No paper [with] a similar enough title exists. The cited location either does not exist or holds an unrelated paper with different authors."

#AI #LLMs #Hallucinations #Misconduct #ScholComm

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The Case of the Mysterious Citations

Mysterious citations are routinely appearing in peer-reviewed publications throughout the scientific community. In this paper, we developed an automated pipeline and examine the proceedings of four major high-performance computing conferences, comparing the accuracy of citations between the 2021 and 2025 proceedings. While none of the 2021 papers contained mysterious citations, every 2025 proceeding did, impacting 2-6\% of published papers. In addition, we observe a sharp rise in paper title and authorship errors, motivating the need for stronger citation-verification practice. No author within our dataset acknowledged using AI to generate citations even though all four conference policies required it, indicating current policies are insufficient.
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@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

A review of the proceedings from four major computer-science conferences showed that none from 2021, and all from 2025, had fake citations.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05867v1

The authors prefer the term "mysterious citations" which they define this way: "No paper [with] a similar enough title exists. The cited location either does not exist or holds an unrelated paper with different authors."

#AI #LLMs #Hallucinations #Misconduct #ScholComm

arXiv.org

The Case of the Mysterious Citations

Mysterious citations are routinely appearing in peer-reviewed publications throughout the scientific community. In this paper, we developed an automated pipeline and examine the proceedings of four major high-performance computing conferences, comparing the accuracy of citations between the 2021 and 2025 proceedings. While none of the 2021 papers contained mysterious citations, every 2025 proceeding did, impacting 2-6\% of published papers. In addition, we observe a sharp rise in paper title and authorship errors, motivating the need for stronger citation-verification practice. No author within our dataset acknowledged using AI to generate citations even though all four conference policies required it, indicating current policies are insufficient.
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Scott declined to tell lawmakers how many agents have been disciplined for #misconduct in the recent #immigration crackdowns. Journalists & bystanders have documented numerous instances in which agents shoved & pepper-sprayed civilians. Lawmakers displayed a photo of a particularly jarring incident in Minneapolis during which an unmasked federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while pinned to the ground by other agents.

#law #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #Trump

federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while he was being pinned to the ground by other agents
federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while he was being pinned to the ground by other agents
federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while he was being pinned to the ground by other agents
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Rep Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, asked Rodney Scott, the commissioner of #CBP, what members of #Congress could do to prevent events like those that took place in #Minneapolis. Scott called on lawmakers to “put laws in place that protect our officers & agents.”

To which I say, “huh?”

#CognitiveDissonance #law #DueProcess #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #CivilRights #Trump #tyranny

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Scott declined to tell lawmakers how many agents have been disciplined for #misconduct in the recent #immigration crackdowns. Journalists & bystanders have documented numerous instances in which agents shoved & pepper-sprayed civilians. Lawmakers displayed a photo of a particularly jarring incident in Minneapolis during which an unmasked federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while pinned to the ground by other agents.

#law #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #Trump

federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while he was being pinned to the ground by other agents
federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while he was being pinned to the ground by other agents
federal agent pepper-sprayed a man in the face at close range while he was being pinned to the ground by other agents
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Todd Lyons, the acting head of #ICE, refused to answer how many ICE agents had been fired or dismissed for #misconduct on the job. When pressed by Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, about whether at least one agent had been fired, Lyons said that he would get the data but that he could not disclose ongoing personnel information.

#law #DueProcess #CBP #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #CivilRights #Trump #tyranny

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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Both Reps Andrew Garbarino & Bennie Thompson asked the heads of #ICE & #CBP about the training timeline & programs for their agents. Both agencies have been on a hiring spree, in part because of the massive funding that #Republicans gave them in last year’s domestic policy bill.

The line of questioning addresses concerns raised since the #Minnesota #shootings about whether ICE & CBP are appropriately training agents before deploying them in the field.

#law #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #Trump

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Todd Lyons, the acting head of #ICE, refused to answer how many ICE agents had been fired or dismissed for #misconduct on the job. When pressed by Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, about whether at least one agent had been fired, Lyons said that he would get the data but that he could not disclose ongoing personnel information.

#law #DueProcess #CBP #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #CivilRights #Trump #tyranny

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