Top AI Researchers Under Fire for Using AI in Their Research
By Elias-Michael Geller
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Earlier this week, the MIT Academic Review Board announced the indefinite suspension of several of its top artificial intelligence researchers after they were caught using data generated by AI. The study, which contained samples of AI-generated output to illustrate different kinds of “hallucinations”, was immediately reported to the Board, who took swift action to protect the Institute’s integrity.
“We have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to AI, even when its use was explicitly commissioned and funded by the University,” said Mitch Mitchell, a spokesperson for MIT. “We will not be a university known for cutting corners. In fact, we don’t even allow our researchers to use calculators to ensure that our data is 100% human-generated.”
MIT students’ opinions about the suspension were mixed. “These researchers couldn’t do elaborate matrix math to define parameters and output the datasets in their own heads?” said one student in support of the ban. “Those dummies don’t even deserve to be here!” Other students, like Chadwick Andrews — whose second cousin once removed is a member of MIT’s Board of Trustees — thought the reaction to the AI usage in the paper was uncalled for: “We’re not allowed to use AI? But it’s so easy — I use it all the time!” he said. “It makes getting my computer science degree so effortless — I’m going to be a talented and effective member of the workforce so quickly!”
President Trump has also taken issue with the suspension. “In this country, you should be allowed to do whatever fraudulent or underhanded things you want, with or without AI,” he posted on Truth Social following MIT’s press release. “I’m the only one who’s allowed to stop people from doing scientific research. We were going to revoke all your grants and force that project to be abandoned anyway, and you stole that from me. #stopthesteal.”
