Hong Kong’s oldest university has launched an investigation after a published academic paper by a PhD candidate was found to contain non-existent references generated by AI. The corresponding author, Professor Paul Yip Siu-fai of the social work and social administration department at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), apologised for himself and his PhD student, Bai Yiming, on Sunday. The allegation first appeared on social media platform Threads, with a user saying she “was told by a friend”...