We’ve covered a lot of bad science stories over the year. Here are a few more. But in the optimistic spirit of the “holiday season”, the last one has a happy ending.
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Stuart & Tom
Show notes
A surge of low-quality AI papers on public datasets
A surge of low-quality AI letters to the editor
Retraction Watch story on the Dana Farber scandal
The settlement in the case
Credits
The Science Fictions podcast is produced by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada Productions.







