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An analysis of a literature database finds that text-generating AI tools -- including ChatGPT and Gemini -- can be used to rewrite scientific papers and produce 'copycat' versions that are then passed off as new research. Nature: In a preprint posted on medRxiv on 12 September, researchers identified more than 400 such papers published in 112 journals over the past 4.5 years, and demonstrated that AI-generated biomedicine studies could evade publishers' anti-plagiarism checks. The study's authors warn that individuals and paper mills -- companies that produce fake papers to order and sell authorships -- might be exploiting publicly available health data sets and using large language models (LLMs) to mass-produce low-quality papers that lack scientific value. "If left unaddressed, this AI-based approach can be applied to all sorts of open-access databases, generating far more papers than anyone can imagine," says Csaba Szabo, a pharmacologist at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, who was not involved in the work. "This could open up Pandora's box [and] the literature may be flooded with synthetic papers."

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The more I think about it, the more the parallels become blindingly obvious. Scary, even.

The mission off the coast of Newhaven in East Sussex features in the first episode of a new series of Channel 5 documentary Coastguard: Search & Rescue SOS which begins at 9pm tomorrow night.

The Daily Mail broke the news that Dani, 29, one of the show's favourites, had to bow out on Tuesday, after fracturing her ankle during a training rehearsal on Friday.

James Van Der Beek was forced to miss the anticipated Dawson's Creek reunion on Monday night after falling ill during his treatment for colorectal cancer. 

Security vendor's no good, very bad week year

SonicWall on Monday released a firmware update that the security vendor says will remove rootkit malware deployed in recent attacks targeting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 appliances.…

Brandon Isabelle, 28, is facing first-degree murder charges for the 2022 deaths of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle, 27, and their two-day-old daughter Kennedy.

I need to issue an urgent warning about easy-access accounts that are dominating the best-buy tables - they may not be as good as they first appear.

Dani Dyer has announced that she has been forced to leave this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing ahead of first live show

Microsoft has successfully tested a microfluidic cooling system that removed heat up to three times better than cold plates currently used in datacenters. The technology etches tiny channels directly into silicon chips, allowing cooling liquid to flow directly onto the heat source. In lab tests announced September 23, 2025, the system reduced the maximum temperature rise inside GPUs by 65%. The channels, roughly the width of human hair, were optimized using AI to create bio-inspired patterns resembling leaf veins. Microsoft collaborated with Swiss startup Corintis on the design. The cooling fluid can operate at temperatures as high as 70C (158F) while maintaining effectiveness. The company demonstrated the technology on servers running Microsoft Teams services, where the improved cooling enables overclocking during demand spikes that occur when meetings start on the hour and half-hour. Microsoft is investigating incorporating microfluidics into future generations of its first-party chips as the company plans to spend over $30 billion on capital expenditures this quarter.

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The 57-year-old, who plays Sharon Watts in the soap, showcased her incredible figure in a sneak peek at an upcoming episode.

More than 16,000 birthday cards have been sent to the Second World War veteran

Dani Dyer has been forced to pull out of this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing ahead of the live shows

Shots were let off shortly after 1pm on Tuesday afternoon inside the Augusta Mall, in Augusta.

As crew members lined the corridor and sang about Simon, 65, to the tune of The Greatest Showman, the America's Got Talent judge clapped along.

Pope Leo XIV declined to authorize an AI avatar that would have provided virtual papal audiences to Catholics worldwide. The first American pontiff rejected the proposal during an interview with papal biographer Elise Allen. "Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with 'the Pope,'" he said. "This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, 'I'm not going to authorize that.'" The Pope expressed broader concerns about AI's societal impact. He warned that automation could leave only a few people able to live meaningful lives while others merely survive. These concerns influenced his papal name choice, taking inspiration from Pope Leo XIII, who authored Rerum novarum addressing workers' rights during the Industrial Revolution. Leo XIV maintained he isn't opposed to technological innovation but believes links between faith, humanity, and science must be preserved.

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Ex-parliamentary candidate Jeremy Newmark spoke out over a movement known as Operation Raise The Colours - to gasps from Hertfordshire councillors.

Donald Trump used a rambling speech at the UN to brand climate change 'the greatest con job ever'.

Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved

Software development was one of the first areas to adopt generative AI, but the promised revolution has so far delivered only modest productivity gains, and Bain says only a full rethink of the software lifecycle will shift the dial.…

Mace Richards, 62, who appeared in the BBC soap in 2019, died less than five hours after he was rushed to St Mary's Hospital in London on June 1 this year.