Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Chemists call for ban on AI-generated molecular structures due to serious errors in chemical representations. Really!

If you thought Luddites were a thing of the past or could not happen among scientists, think again!

Sure machine learning & AI are still in its infancy, so errors/flaws happen, but ML & AI advance at a very rapid speed.

"Two chemists are warning that using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) to produce chemistry-related images, such as molecular structures, is leading to serious errors and could end up damaging the education [???] of the next generation of scientists. ..."

Chemists call for ban on AI-generated molecular structures due to serious errors in chemical representations | Chemistry World "AIs like Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae"

Don’t let generative AI shape how we see chemistry (no public access) "When generative artificial intelligence (AI) draws molecules, it doesn’t just get the science wrong — it risks reshaping how we see chemistry, spreading incorrect representations of our world that mislead learners, distort peer-reviewed reports, and erode trust in scientific work and rigour."

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