Research Integrity as a National Security Challenge in the Age of AI
Stanford Law School's Rachel A. George argues that research integrity has become a critical national security issue in the age of AI. The article documents multiple cases where official government and agency documents — including a European cybersecurity agency report, a national AI strategy, and a White House health report — were built on fabricated or non-existent research references. The piece examines how AI-generated content and erroneous citations are undermining the trustworthiness of official policy documents, and calls for treating research integrity as essential infrastructure for national security.
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A European cybersecurity agency. A national AI strategy. A flagship White House health report. Between May 2025 and April 2026, all three released official documents built partly on research that did not exist.
By one count, one report contained 26 incorrect footnotes out of 492; the agency later issued a revised version that corrected some links.
In South Africa, the government withdrew its draft national AI strategy after it was found to contain AI-generated or hallucinated references.
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