ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence applications speed up scientific writing

The launch of ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, OpenAI Limited Partnership, San Francisco, USA) on November 30, 2022, has sparked a wave of enthusiasm.1,2 People from all walks of life are eager to experiment with this novel application and discussions are lively, especially in the education sector.3–5 In contrast, discussion of this topic in medical journals has lagged behind,6–9 and much of the discussion has focused on ghostwriting by ChatGPT, involving academic ethics, originality, and authorship.10–12 In fact, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in texts has become increasingly mature in recent years,13 dramatically changing the way scientific writing works (Table 1). Table…