GenAI synthetic data create ethical challenges for scientists. Here’s how to address them.

David B. Resnik; Mohammad Hosseini; Jeff J.H. Kim; Gregory Epiphaniou; Carsten Maple

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GenAI synthetic data create ethical challenges for scientists. Here’s how to address them.

David B. Resnik^*, Mohammad Hosseini, Jeff J.H. Kim, Gregory Epiphaniou, Carsten Maple

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	e2409182122
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	122
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2409182122
State	Published - Mar 4 2025

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M.H. was supported by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS, UM1TR005121). D.B.R.\u2019s research is supported by the Intramural Program of the NIEHS/NIH. This opinion piece does not represent the views of the NIEHS, NIH or the US government.

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