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Fake studies have flooded academic journals, TV advertising is in secular decline, and OpenAI loses key team members over 'superintelligent' AI safeguarding

Watch All-In E179 Read our 2023 Annual Letter Caught My Eye… Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. Where do these studies come from? Scientists are paying 'paper mills’ hundreds and even thousands of dollars to list fabricated papers in scientific journals to keep up with the frequent publishing demands required to win grants and promotions. The biggest hit has come to Wiley, which is closing 19 journals and has retracted more than 11,300 papers that appeared compromised. TV…

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