AIFast Company Techabout 15 hours ago
Can we trust scientific images in the era of AI?
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A photograph from NASA's Artemis II mission in April 2026 sparked wonder, but AI can now fabricate similar images from a text prompt. Two papers were retracted in 2024 for AI-generated figures with impossible structures, and the New England Journal of Medicine retracted a paper in April 2026 after an AI-manipulated clinical image. This crisis threatens trust in visual evidence, especially in fields like materials science.
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