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EU Ombudswoman Probes Use of AI to Evaluate Research Funding Bids
The groundbreaking inquiry follows a complaint from a Polish company that the use of AI to evaluate its EIC bid was unfair.
What We Lose when We Outsource Scientific Writing
Writing is often said to be thinking. Based on a study of scientific writing practices, this post analyses what is lost when academic writing is outsourced.
Why Write a Literature Review if AI Can Do It for You?
The potential for AI tool to assess and organise research literature presents an opportunity to rethink why they are undertaken in the first place.
AI “swarms” could fake public consensus and quietly distort democracy
A new Science Policy Forum article warns that the next generation of influence operations – coordinated campaigns designed to manipulate perceptions of consensus, credibility, and normality – may not look like obvious “copy-paste bots,” but like coordinated communities: fleets of artificial intelligence (AI) -driven personas that can adapt in real time, infiltrate groups, and manufacture the appearance of public agreement at scale.
Artificial Intelligence Tools Expand Scientists' Impact but Contract Science's Focus
Artificial Intelligence Tools Expand Scientists' Impact but Contract Science's Focus
Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists' output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich areas and potentially limiting broader scientific exploration.
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AI Could Make Scientific Overload Worse
Artificial intelligence is helping to advance science, but it could also add to stress on the research system by generating ever more papers and grant applications, an AI expert at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned.
Trio of Reports Say the EU is Betting Too Heavily on Generative AI
Three new reports have criticised the EU's artificial intelligence strategy, including its plan to spend €20 billion on enormous supercomputers known as gigafactories to train and run large language models (LLMs), the form of AI that powers chatbots like ChatGPT.
Report Reveals Potential of AI to Help Assess Research More Efficiently
Report Reveals Potential of AI to Help Assess Research More Efficiently
Generative AI is already being used by some universities to assess the quality of their research - and it could be scaled up to help all higher education institutions save huge amounts of time and money.
Who Uses AI in Research, and for What? Large-Scale Survey Evidence from Germany
New US Plan for 'AI in Science' Could Change How Research is Done, for Better or Worse
New US Plan for 'AI in Science' Could Change How Research is Done, for Better or Worse
A new Trump administration plan to expand the use of artificial intelligence in US science could boost research productivity. But, it also highlights a need for more global cooperation in AI development.
Letters to Scientific Journals Surge as ‘Prolific Debutante’ Authors Likely use AI
Letters to Scientific Journals Surge as ‘Prolific Debutante’ Authors Likely use AI
New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
Where AI Meets Scientific Publishing | The AI Journal
If the proverbial saying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) touches every aspect in life is true, the world of scientific publishing certainly is no exception.
Artificial Intelligence Is the New Language of Science
'The common basis of the EU and Hungarian Strategies is that the future of science is not only a technological but also a value-based issue. AI is the new language of science, but it will only serve progress if it remains ethical, transparent, and human-centred.'
From Language Barrier to AI Bias: The Non-Native Speaker's Dilemma in Scientific Publishing
From Language Barrier to AI Bias: The Non-Native Speaker's Dilemma in Scientific Publishing
For decades, researchers with English as an additional language have faced systemic disadvantages in publishing. AI writing tools promise relief, yet, they also bring new risks into science.
State of AI 2025: Five Key Charts for Europeans
The US is now supremely dominant in terms of private investment and compute capacity. But Chinese open models are leading the way.
Who Deserves the Next Nobel? AI, Genius and Serendipity in Science
AI is increasingly becoming a part of Nobel winning science, how is this reshaping serendipity and what it means to make a scientific breakthrough?
How Chinese Paper Mills Use AI to Create 'higher Quality' Academic Fraud
How Chinese Paper Mills Use AI to Create 'higher Quality' Academic Fraud
Paper mills that sell authorship or fabricate entire papers are a staple of China's competitive academic landscape.
Pupils Struggle to Tell if AI Content is True, Report Says
Half of teenagers find it hard to tell when AI results are inaccurate, a study by Oxford University Press has found
Three Years After the Launch of ChatGPT, Do We Know Where This Is Heading?
Nearly three years after ChatGPT's debut, generative AI continues to reshape scholarly publishing. While workflows are becoming more efficient, the long-term impact on research creation and evaluation remains uncertain.
AI Helps Spot 1,000 "Questionable" Journals
Learn how a new AI tool is helping tackle questionable journals by automatically detecting poor publishing practices.
ChatGPT is Blind to Bad Science
A new study finds ChatGPT fails to take into account retraction notices across a wide range of research.
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