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Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names - NBC News
A network of fake academic journals has published AI-generated papers, falsely attributing them to real professors at top universities without their knowledge.
- Incident date
- May 2026
- Target
- professors at top universities
Updated May 27, 2026 · 1 min read
A network of fake academic journals is publishing AI-generated papers. The papers are being falsely attributed to real professors at top universities.
What happened
More than a hundred AI-generated papers have been published in recent months by fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications. In some cases, the names of real professors at top universities were used without their knowledge.