AI Tool Excels at Finding Duplicate Images in Academic Papers, But Still Requires Human Oversight

An AI tool called Imagetwin found almost all of the problematic image duplications in hundreds of papers that a human had identified, plus many more the human missed.
Imagetwin works by creating a "fingerprint" for each image and scanning for duplicates within papers or in its database of 25+ million images.
Some publishers are adopting AI tools like Imagetwin and Proofig to screen for duplicated images in manuscripts.
The human expert found duplicated images in about 16% of the analyzed papers, showing it's a significant problem.
Experts say AI tools are useful but can't replace human scrutiny, as they miss certain types of image problems.

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