Artificial intelligence in ethical medical publishing: Assistance without abdication

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly invaded almost all areas of human existence, including scholarly medical publishing.It is now common to routinely use AI tools for language correction, translation, summarization, reference organization, drafting, and even responses to reviewers, especially by the techno-savvy generation of younger authors.Multiple resources to carry out these tasks are easily available on the internet.Even editors and peer-reviewers may also be tempted to use the same tools for screening manuscripts, checking consistency, or preparing peer-review comments.The issue is therefore no longer "should AI enter medical publishing?"It already has.The real and pertinent question is whether journals can regulate their use without compromising authorship, scholastic value, confidentiality, originality, peer review, and public trust.