The Secret War Inside Scientific Research Papers

How researchers are gaming AI reviewers with hidden prompts - and what it reveals about our $129 billion AI gold rush

Ever felt that specific, soul-crushing frustration of knowing the exact answer you need is buried somewhere on page 347 of a scanned, non-searchable PDF from 1998? It’s a digital prison for information. For years, we’ve talked about AI, but its intelligence was always limited by what it could easily read. If data wasn't in a neat little text box, it mig…