AI Slop Papers Published Under Prominent Academics Names

An investigation found that little-known academic journals are publishing AI-generated "slop" papers falsely attributed to prominent professors, including Alan Said, Fei-Fei Li, Christopher Manning, Michael I. Jordan, Stuart Russell and Jure Leskovec, several of whom confirmed they did not write the articles or consent to their names being used. The journals AIJRI, AJAMRI and AJFMR share similar graphics, the same editor in chief (Denish Brown) and board members, advertise publication fees, and show archives of papers supposedly published years before their 2026 domain registrations. Said said he worries a new Ph.D. student might see his name in such a journal and think it is acceptable to submit there.