Key Points:

• Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies.
• The findings, confirmed by MIT Technology Review , raise questions about how reliable AI tools are at evaluating scientific research and could complicate efforts by countries and industries seeking to invest in AI tools for scientists.
• AI search tools and chatbots are already known to fabricate links and references.
• But answers based on the material from actual papers can mislead as well if those papers have been retracted.  The chatbot is “using a real paper, real materi