Rise of the Machines: The Prevalence and Disclosure of… : JAAOS – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
and disclosure of AI-generated text in abstracts published in high-impact orthopaedic journals. Methods: Abstracts published from January 1, 2024, to February 19, 2024, in five orthopaedic journals were analyzed: the American Journal of Sports Medicine; the Journal of Arthroplasty; the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; the Knee Surgery, Sports, Traumatology, and Arthroscopy (KSSTA) journal; and the BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (BMC MD) journal. Artificial intelligence detection software was used to evaluate each abstract for AI-generated text. Disclosure of AI use, country of origin, and article type (clinical, preclinical, review, or AI/machine learning) were documented. To evaluate the accuracy of AI detection software, 60 consecutive articles published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in 2014, before AI writing software was available, were also evaluated. These abstracts were evaluated again after being rewritten with AI writing software. The sensitivity and specificity of