Feb 22, 2023 10:57:00

Posts of ``plagiarism written by AI'' have exploded and SF magazines have stopped recruiting new works

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Clarkesworld Magazine ' has stopped accepting new submissions due to 'increased submissions of plagiarism by AI'. Plagiarism posts have increased rapidly since the end of 2022, and most of the plagiarism are said to be works using high-performance chat AI such as ChatGPT.

A Concerning Trend – Neil Clarke
http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/

According to Neil Clark , editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, several plagiarisms were posted to Clarkesworld Magazine every month even before the development of chat AI. However, since chat AI began to develop, the number of plagiarism posts has increased explosively.

The chart below summarizes the number of plagiarism submissions to Clarkesworld Magazine by month. The number of plagiarism posts started to increase significantly from around October 2022, and nearly 350 plagiarism posts were posted in February 2023. In addition, the number of plagiarism in February 2023 is the number as of February 15, 2023. In other words, at this pace, nearly 700 plagiarisms may be posted in February 2023.

Below is the new graph released on February 21, 2023. In less than a week, the number of plagiarism cases exceeded 500. It is also revealed that 38% of the works posted in February 2023 were plagiarized.

Updated version of the graph.pic.twitter.com/dDeWDhHZiM

— clarkesworld (@clarkesworld) February 21, 2023

According to Clark, plagiarism using AI has a ``habit'' that can be distinguished from works written by humans. Due to the rapid increase in plagiarism by AI with the development of chat AI, Clarkesworld Magazine has announced that it will stop accepting new submissions.

Submissions are currently closed.

— clarkesworld (@clarkesworld) February 20, 2023

Plagiarism posts to Clarkesworld Magazine are not made by science fiction lovers, but by `` people who claim that ChatGPT can make money easily ''. Clarkesworld Magazine said on its official Twitter account, ``The posting guidelines clearly state that ``works using AI are not allowed'', but they ignore it,'' revealing anger against plagiarism using AI. I'm here.

5. The people causing the problem are from outside the SF/F community. Largely driven in by 'side hustle' experts making claims of easy money with ChatGPT. They are driving this and deserve some of the disdain shown to the AI developers.

— clarkesworld (@clarkesworld) February 21, 2023

Clarkesworld Magazine plans to resume accepting new submissions in the future, but at the time of writing the article, it is undecided when it will resume.

1. We aren't closing the magazine. Closing submissions means that we aren't considering stories from authors at this time.

— clarkesworld (@clarkesworld) February 21, 2023