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Paper study: Research Gold claims to be “100% human-written, with no AI ever used,” but is actually AI-driven throughout

Research Gold, a website aimed at medical researchers, claims its service is “100% human-written, with no AI ever used,” and lists multiple PhD reviewers. But an investigation found that these reviewers were AI-generated and did not exist; the identities and photos of some real methodologists had also been used without permission. When called, an AI assistant calling herself “Sarah” insisted she was a real person, and the email and chat replies were also AI-generated.

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Hacker News 热门（buzzing.cc 中文翻译）
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2026-08-13

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Research Gold, a website aimed at medical researchers, claims its service is “100% human-written, with no AI ever used,” and lists multiple PhD reviewers. But an investigation found that these reviewers were AI-generated and did not exist; the identities and photos of some real methodologists had also been used without permission. When called, an AI assistant calling herself “Sarah” insisted she was a real person, and the email and chat replies were also AI-generated.

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