One thing that’s confusing is that Nature has two purposes: first as a scientific journal, and second as a science news magazine. They’re bundled in the same physical issue (though there are also branches of the journal, eg Nature Genetics, Nature Chemistry, etc), but internally handled by different staff. I suspect the policy will mostly be relevant to the news magazine side, though you would also want to ensure that a paper on the journal side doesn’t include an AI generated image in a non-AI context.
I just asked DALLE for “A scientific illustration of a membrane bound protein being phosphorylated”, and while the results aren’t all that credible, I could imagine using them as a starting point.
I just asked DALLE for “A scientific illustration of a membrane bound protein being phosphorylated”, and while the results aren’t all that credible, I could imagine using them as a starting point.