N.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist

N.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist

A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.

Newfoundland's 10-Year Education Report Calling For Ethical AI Use Contains Over 15 Fake Sources

Newfoundland and Labrador's 10-year Education Accord report (PDF) intended to guide school reform has been found to contain at least 15 fabricated citations, including references to non-existent films and journals. Academics suggest the fake sources may have been generated by AI. "There are sources in this report that I cannot find in the MUN Library, in the other libraries I subscribe to, in Google searches. Whether that's AI, I don't know, but…

Canada: “Newfoundland’s 10-year Education Action Plan Cites Sources That Don’t Exist”

From the CBC: A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence (AI). Released last month, the Education Accord NL final report, a 10-year roadmap for improving the province’s public schools and post-secondary institutions, includes at least 15 citations for non-existent journal articles and documents. In o…

Former Advisor on Education Accord Dismayed by Fake Citations in Report

A man who formerly served as an education advisor and who worked on the Education Accord before stepping away ...