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Editorial
. 2023 Sep 30;54(3):e1015868.
doi: 10.25100/cm.v54i3.5868. eCollection 2023 Jul-Sep.

Chatbots, generative AI, and scholarly manuscripts: WAME recommendations on chatbots and generative artificial intelligence in relation to scholarly publications

Chris Zielinski  1 , Margaret A Winker  2 , Rakesh Aggarwal  3 , Lorraine E Ferris  4 , Markus Heinemann  5 , Jose Florencio Lapeña Jr  6 , Sanjay A Pai  7 , Edsel Ing  8 , Leslie Citrome  9 , Murad Alam  10 , Michael Voight  11 , Farrokh Habibzadeh  12
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Editorial

Chatbots, generative AI, and scholarly manuscripts: WAME recommendations on chatbots and generative artificial intelligence in relation to scholarly publications

Chris Zielinski et al. Colomb Med (Cali). .

Abstract
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This statement revises our earlier "WAME Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots in Relation to Scholarly Publications" (January 20, 2023). The revision reflects the proliferation of chatbots and their expanding use in scholarly publishing over the last few months, as well as emerging concerns regarding lack of authenticity of content when using chatbots. These recommendations are intended to inform editors and help them develop policies for the use of chatbots in papers published in their journals. They aim to help authors and reviewers understand how best to attribute the use of chatbots in their work and to address the need for all journal editors to have access to manuscript screening tools. In this rapidly evolving field, we will continue to modify these recommendations as the software and its applications develop.

Esta declaración revisa las anteriores "Recomendaciones de WAME sobre ChatGPT y Chatbots en Relation to Scholarly Publications" (20 de enero de 2023). La revisión refleja la proliferación de chatbots y su creciente uso en las publicaciones académicas en los últimos meses, así como la preocupación por la falta de autenticidad de los contenidos cuando se utilizan chatbots. Estas recomendaciones pretenden informar a los editores y ayudarles a desarrollar políticas para el uso de chatbots en los artículos sometidos en sus revistas. Su objetivo es ayudar a autores y revisores a entender cuál es la mejor manera de atribuir el uso de chatbots en su trabajo y a la necesidad de que todos los editores de revistas tengan acceso a herramientas de selección de manuscritos. En este campo en rápida evolución, seguiremos modificando estas recomendaciones a medida que se desarrollen el software y sus aplicaciones.

Keywords: ChatGPT; artificial intelligence; authorship scientific misconduct; chatbots; confidentiality; deep learning; disinformation; plagiarism; scholarly communication; scientific manuscript; wame revised recommendation.

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Conflict of interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

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