Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01648-9
arXiv’s stance on AI-hallucinated references is a good start, but not tough enough, say some researchers. Plus, the brain’s code seems to be in constant flux and how to learn to love networking.
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