Research Gold uses AI-generated content to impersonate real PhD reviewers and methodologists in its peer review services.

We live in a timeline where The Onion isn’t satire. The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. When I tried calling the company, an AI agent that refused to concede it was AI answered and kept trying to sell me Research Gold’s services. Email and chat communication with the company were also AI generated https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/

“Research Gold, a site that advertises services for medical researchers, including drafting peer-review ready manuscripts, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, claims that it’s “100% human-written, never AI,” and lists a number of PhD reviewers and professional methodologists on staff that carry out this meticulous, difficult work. The problem: The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. When I tried calling the company, an AI agent that refused to concede it was AI answered and kept trying to sell me Research Gold’s services. Email and chat communication with the company were also AI generated.” https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/ #AI #GenerativeAI #AcademicPublishing #ResearchGold #PeerReview