Just telling people now that if that graphical abstract made with AI 🤖 is published, I WILL include it in my collection: bit.ly/academic-slop
Pulled From the Trough: Slop Images in Academic Journals
This project collects images created using generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) that have appeared in academic journals and books..If you run across examples of gen AI images in journals or books - whether figures, graphical abstract, covers, or other - please submit it using this form: https://bit.ly/JournalSlopVersion historyVersion 1.0: Released 18 December 2025. Nine entries.Version 2.0: Released 5 January 2026. Four new entries; clickable hyperlinks added to URLs; other minor changes.Version 3.0: Released 31 March 2026. One new entry.Version 2.0: 1 May 2026. Due to erroneous file upload, rollback to previous version until such time as the correct file can be repaired and uploaded.Version 4.0: Released 15 May 2026. Two new entries.Version 5.0: Released 2 June 2026. One new entry.Version 6.0: Released 15 June 2026. One new entry.Version 7.0. Released 17 June 2026. One new entry.Version 8.0: Released 18 June 2026. Two new entries; minor edits; typesetting improvements (real italics and bold type!).Version 8.1: Released 19 June 2026. Hyperlinks fixed.Version 9.0: Released 4 July 2026. One new entry.Version 10.0: Released 12 July 2026. One new entry.
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Also new @nature.com, how to use #AI to create a graphical abstract in minutes. By Ananya Thakur. 🧪🎨🤖 www.nature.com/articles/d41...