Opportunities and Risks of ChatGPT in Medicine, Science, and Academic Publishing: a Modern Promethean Dilemma

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Journal Croat Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Mar 3

PMID 36864812

Authors

Jan Homolak

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