Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book {Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced}. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors….

Science publisher Springer Nature is investigating a new machine learning book filled with fabricated, AI-hallucinated citations, highlighting a growing threat to academic integrity.

The open-source mlr3 machine learning ecosystem, on which the book is based, has been used widely in academia and industry for many years. Kotthoff is one of the principal developers of the software, ...

The new initiative also works with 11 universities, colleges, community colleges around the state to help with development of ...