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Issue: Vol. 5270 No. 2: 20 Apr. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.12
Page range: 347-350
Abstract views: 1373
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Can ChatGPT be leveraged for taxonomic investigations? Potential and limitations of a new technology

Biology Department; Wheaton College; 26 East Main Street; Norton; Massachusetts; USA 02766
General ChatGPT AI taxonomic investigations

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