John Timmer set's expectations right out of the gate writing, "It will only catch the most blatant problems, but it's definitely overdue." "On Thursday, the research publisher, Science, announced that all of its journals will begin using commercial software that automates the process of detecting improperly manipulated images. The move comes many years into our awareness that the transition to digital data and publishing has made it comically easy to commit research fraud by altering images." Now all we need is all the social media and news outlets to do the same! You have to start someplace.
Read more at ars technica: All Science journals will now do an AI-powered check for image fraud
Published January 5, 2024.