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Retraction of: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96014-6, published online 08 April 2025
The Editor has retracted and removed this publication. Concerns were raised regarding the use of images of minors from a non-curated dataset. The dataset is reported to contain images of children with ASD. However, the images appear to have been collected from the internet without any documented clinical history or confirmation of an actual ASD diagnosis. Additionally, there is no documented ethical oversight, or consent of the children included in the dataset or their parents and legal guardians.
In light of these ethical concerns and the reliance on unverifiable data, the Editor and Publisher no longer have confidence in the reliability of this article.
Authors Mahmood A. Mahmood and Leila Jamel have stated that the authors disagree with this retraction.
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This article was retracted on 8 December 2025.
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Mahmood, M.A., Jamel, L., Alturki, N. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Leveraging artificial intelligence for diagnosis of children autism through facial expressions. Sci Rep 15, 11945 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96014-6
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