A ``nonsensical illustration of a mysterious rat with giant genitalia'' created using image generation AI was inserted into a peer-reviewed paper in a famous scientific journal and became a hot topic.
A paper containing a meaningless illustration generated by the image generation AI 'Midjourney' was published in the academic journal '
Frontiers | Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1339390/full
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The issue in question is a paper titled 'Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway ' published by a Chinese research team. is. The paper passed peer review and was published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology on February 13, 2024. The paper contains three images that explain the research content, but it has become a hot topic that none of the images makes any sense and is unlikely to pass peer review.
For example, the image below shows ``the process of isolating and culturing spermatogonial stem cells from a rat,'' but to an untrained eye, ``the genitals of the rat are too large'' and ``the depiction of the base of the genitals is broken''. ”. Also, the image contains strings that look like English words, such as 'testtomcels,' 'senctolic,' and 'dissilced,' but these are nothing more than a list of alphabets that have no meaning as words.
The image below, which is supposed to show an overview of the JAK/STAT signal transduction pathway, also contains meaningless character strings such as 'Sinkecler', 'dimimeriom eme', and 'proprounization'.
The following is said to show the main point of the paper, ``the relationship between spermatogonial stem cells and the JAK-STAT signal transduction pathway,'' but I can't understand what the image is explaining.
According to the description in the paper, the three images were generated by the image generation AI 'Midjourney'.
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, which published the paper, is aware of the concerns regarding the paper and has begun an investigation. The results of the survey will be reported at the link below.
Frontiers | An expression of concern on: 'Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway' by Guo X, Dong L and Hao D (2024) Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway .Front
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2024.1386660/full
・Added at 23:13, February 16, 2024
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology has withdrawn publication of the paper.
The original paper can be viewed in the archive below.
Frontiers | Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway
http://web.archive.org/web/20240215150700/https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1339390/full
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