Scientists Alarmed by AI-Generated Images in Published Article
• Scientists outraged by bizarre AI-generated images of a rat with huge genitals in a peer-reviewed journal article
• Images were created by Midjourney AI and contain nonsensical text; passed through peer review process
• Figure 1 shows a rat with anatomically incorrect and comically large genitals labeled "dck"
• Figure 2 intended to show a signaling pathway but is an incomprehensible colored donut collage
• Reflects growing issue of less trustworthy AI-assisted content undermining integrity of published research