arxivcs.CRcs.AIcs.DL2026-07-12
Distributed Denial of Science: How Indirect Data Poisoning of AI Systems Can Industrialize Scientific Fraud
Bálint Gyevnár, Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Nihar B. Shah
Scientific fraud is the instrument of doubt that malicious entities can use to establish controversy in science. Historically, it required the resources of a company: deep pockets, ghostwritten articles, and corrupt academics. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly a…