AI Slop Threatens Trust in Science

The article discusses how AI-generated "slop" is flooding social media and challenging the integrity of the scientific record, citing journalist Benjamin Skuse's experiment in which AI-generated papers were submitted to IEEE's publishing defenses. It also covers WikiProject AI Cleanup, a volunteer effort to remove AI-generated material from Wikipedia, and warns that eroding trust in the scientific record and shared facts undermines trust in institutions that curate human knowledge.