Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A figure caption drafted entirely by GPT-4 from a researcher-supplied data table
- Is an instance
An abstract generated by an LLM from a full paper's text
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A human-written paragraph that an AI grammar tool has reordered for clarity
Editorial commentary
The test is whether removing the AI’s contribution would leave a recognisable human-authored work. If the AI produced the substantive content (paragraphs, figures, analyses), the output is AI-generated. AI-generated content in scholarly works generally requires explicit disclosure of the model, version, prompts, and scope, and the human author remains responsible for verifying accuracy.
References
- ICMJE Recommendations (2023 update)
- COPE Position Statement on Authorship and AI Tools (2023)
- Nature Editorial Policy on Generative AI (2023)
Also known as
AI output · Machine-generated content · Synthetic content
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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"Machine-generated content",
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