HKU paper cites AI-fabricated sources; publisher investigates under ethics committee guidelines
港大論文引AI虛構文獻 出版社依倫理委會指引調查
An academic paper involving Yip Siu-fai, associate dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, was found early this month to have used AI and included fabricated sources. Publisher Springer Nature previously said it had received a report from the authors and that the incident did not affect “the integrity of the article’s core conclusions”. Less than a week later, Springer Nature published an “Editor’s Note” on its website last Friday, saying it was conducting an investigation in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics. Yip said yesterday that he had “done everything I need to do” and would patiently await the investigation’s findings.
港大社會科學院副院長葉兆輝有份參與的學術論文本月初被揭發使用AI並出現虛構資料來源，出版社Springer Nature早前稱已收到作者報告，事件不影響「文章核心結論的完整」。事隔不足一周，Springer Nature上周五於官網發表「編輯的話」（Editor's Note），稱正根據出版倫理委員會的指引展開調查。葉兆輝昨回覆稱自己「需要做嘅事已做晒」，將耐心等候調查結果。