Springer Nature Book 'Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Generative AI: Tools, Techniques and Systems' Reportedly Published With Numerous Purportedly Fabricated or Unverifiable Citations
Date: 2025-06-17
Affected: Francesco Vigliarolo, Generative Ai Developers, Jair Minoro Abe, Kazumi Nakamatsu, Large Language Model Developers, Springer Nature, Srikanta Patnaik, Unnamed Chapter Authors
Attack vector: misinformation
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1309: Springer Nature Book 'Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Generative AI: Tools, Techniques and Systems' Reportedly Published With Numerous Purportedly Fabricated or Unverifiable Citations. Alleged deployer/developer: Francesco Vigliarolo, Generative Ai Developers, Jair Minoro Abe, Kazumi Nakamatsu, Large Language Model Developers, Springer Nature, Srikanta Patnaik, Unnamed Chapter Authors. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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