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China proposes WAICO for global AI governance. Contrasts with US deregulation and EU's risk-based approach. Someone needs to lead on international AI coordination. China stepping up forces everyone to engage.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResponsibleAI #AIRegulation
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResponsibleAI #AIRegulation
China wants to lead the world on AI regulation — will the plan work?
Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use.
www.nature.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
China proposes WAICO for global AI governance. Contrasts with US deregulation and EU's risk-based approach. Someone needs to lead on international AI coordination. China stepping up forces everyone to engage.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResponsibleAI #AIRegulation
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResponsibleAI #AIRegulation
AI writing patterns you can't unsee: "it's not X, it's Y" and the rule of three. They're everywhere!
I use Claude to fix my writing slop. Now I'm hunting AI patterns in my own work. The irony is delicious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
I use Claude to fix my writing slop. Now I'm hunting AI patterns in my own work. The irony is delicious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
AI writing patterns you can't unsee: "it's not X, it's Y" and the rule of three. They're everywhere!
I use Claude to fix my writing slop. Now I'm hunting AI patterns in my own work. The irony is delicious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
I use Claude to fix my writing slop. Now I'm hunting AI patterns in my own work. The irony is delicious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
AI universities are here! Personalized-pedagogy is sweet but the risks included cognitive steering and pedagogical debt. But remember, we might be redesigning education too fast without thinking about the consequences.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
What would an AI university look like and how might it change education?
From lectures by avatars to entire qualifications, higher education centred around AI is just around the corner.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
AI universities are here! Personalized-pedagogy is sweet but the risks included cognitive steering and pedagogical debt. But remember, we might be redesigning education too fast without thinking about the consequences.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
62% of researchers now use AI for writing and data analysis. There are gains along with risks like hallucinations. What worries me even more if whether we'd overlook the need for critical evaluations of AI outputs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinResearch #ResearchIntegrity #ResponsibleAI
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinResearch #ResearchIntegrity #ResponsibleAI
AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?
Artificial-intelligence tools are boosting researchers’ productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them.
www.nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
62% of researchers now use AI for writing and data analysis. There are gains along with risks like hallucinations. What worries me even more if whether we'd overlook the need for critical evaluations of AI outputs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinResearch #ResearchIntegrity #ResponsibleAI
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AIinResearch #ResearchIntegrity #ResponsibleAI
Maria Popova, you beauty - thanks for this!
"... our most original and unexpected ideas arrive not when we strain the mind at the problem, but when we relax it and shift the beam of attention to something else entirely"
www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/07/l...
"... our most original and unexpected ideas arrive not when we strain the mind at the problem, but when we relax it and shift the beam of attention to something else entirely"
www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/07/l...
Little Free Library Divinations: Searching for the Meaning of Life in Discarded Books and Found Objects
The son of a Wisconsin schoolteacher, Todd Bol was well into his fifties when he dreamt up the first Little Free Library, not expecting that tens of thousands of these tiny shrines to the love of r…
www.themarginalian.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Maria Popova, you beauty - thanks for this!
"... our most original and unexpected ideas arrive not when we strain the mind at the problem, but when we relax it and shift the beam of attention to something else entirely"
www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/07/l...
"... our most original and unexpected ideas arrive not when we strain the mind at the problem, but when we relax it and shift the beam of attention to something else entirely"
www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/07/l...
NEJM's AI Companion claims it's trained only on their papers, yet it knows fictional characters. The foundational model is clearly leaking through. When what's promised doesn't match what the AI does, trust erodes fast.
www.the-geyser.com/ai-on-nejm-w...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
www.the-geyser.com/ai-on-nejm-w...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
AI on NEJM = Santa & Muggles
Easily fooled, abused, and toyed with, it’s a bad look for a trusted brand
www.the-geyser.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEJM's AI Companion claims it's trained only on their papers, yet it knows fictional characters. The foundational model is clearly leaking through. When what's promised doesn't match what the AI does, trust erodes fast.
www.the-geyser.com/ai-on-nejm-w...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
www.the-geyser.com/ai-on-nejm-w...
#AIinResearch #ResponsibleAI
Positive AI news: veteran professor says AI hasn't destroyed his classroom. Students still want to think independently. In the AI age, doing your own thinking is how we avoid going obsolete.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Positive AI news: veteran professor says AI hasn't destroyed his classroom. Students still want to think independently. In the AI age, doing your own thinking is how we avoid going obsolete.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
How to Be Human: Kahlil Gibran’s Recipe for Our Spiritual Perfection as a Species www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/29/k...
How to Be Human: Kahlil Gibran’s Recipe for Our Spiritual Perfection as a Species
We walk this earth as bewildered animals trying to recover the divinity within — descendants of the great apes who invented gods to mirror back to us the best in ourselves and bridle the wors…
www.themarginalian.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
How to Be Human: Kahlil Gibran’s Recipe for Our Spiritual Perfection as a Species www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/29/k...
As former surgeon this is concerning: anti-vaccine movements seem to offer meaning and connection, which modern medicine may not. :(
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
#Medicine #Healthcare
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
#Medicine #Healthcare
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
A journey to the fringe of MAHA.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
As former surgeon this is concerning: anti-vaccine movements seem to offer meaning and connection, which modern medicine may not. :(
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
#Medicine #Healthcare
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
#Medicine #Healthcare
If you grew up in India/Africa/Asia in the late 90s–00s, WorldSpace radio shaped you.
Just discovered the alt-rock station BOB has been restored by Radio Seribatu!
Based on KEXP Seattle. Massive nostalgia hit.
🎸radioseribatu.com/bob
Just discovered the alt-rock station BOB has been restored by Radio Seribatu!
Based on KEXP Seattle. Massive nostalgia hit.
🎸radioseribatu.com/bob
BOB — RADIO SERIBATU
BOB was the pioneering commercial-free satellite radio station that might have sounded playful, but it was, in fact, striking a match in turbulent times.
www.radioseribatu.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
If you grew up in India/Africa/Asia in the late 90s–00s, WorldSpace radio shaped you.
Just discovered the alt-rock station BOB has been restored by Radio Seribatu!
Based on KEXP Seattle. Massive nostalgia hit.
🎸radioseribatu.com/bob
Just discovered the alt-rock station BOB has been restored by Radio Seribatu!
Based on KEXP Seattle. Massive nostalgia hit.
🎸radioseribatu.com/bob
Traditional evaluation fails when AI generates essays instantly. Detection is theater.
Embrace AI. Conversation assessments gauge understanding. Continuous evaluation works better.
Treat AI as ally.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#HigherEducation #AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
Embrace AI. Conversation assessments gauge understanding. Continuous evaluation works better.
Treat AI as ally.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#HigherEducation #AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
Why universities need to radically rethink exams in the age of AI
Academia is unprepared for the rise in chatbot use among students — but with the right AI tools, personalized learning could soon become a reality.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Traditional evaluation fails when AI generates essays instantly. Detection is theater.
Embrace AI. Conversation assessments gauge understanding. Continuous evaluation works better.
Treat AI as ally.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#HigherEducation #AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
Embrace AI. Conversation assessments gauge understanding. Continuous evaluation works better.
Treat AI as ally.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#HigherEducation #AIinEducation #ResponsibleAI
Multiple reports confirm: China leads research output and collaboration now.
China-EU partnerships drive global networks. US output declining. China's R&D rivals US levels.
Time to acknowledge this shift.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Research #AcademicPublishing #GlobalScience
China-EU partnerships drive global networks. US output declining. China's R&D rivals US levels.
Time to acknowledge this shift.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Research #AcademicPublishing #GlobalScience
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership
The nation’s next generation of scientists and technologists will shape the coming decades.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Multiple reports confirm: China leads research output and collaboration now.
China-EU partnerships drive global networks. US output declining. China's R&D rivals US levels.
Time to acknowledge this shift.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Research #AcademicPublishing #GlobalScience
China-EU partnerships drive global networks. US output declining. China's R&D rivals US levels.
Time to acknowledge this shift.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Research #AcademicPublishing #GlobalScience
Positive AI news: veteran professor says AI hasn't destroyed his classroom. Students still want to think independently. In the AI age, doing your own thinking is how we avoid going obsolete.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Positive AI news: veteran professor says AI hasn't destroyed his classroom. Students still want to think independently. In the AI age, doing your own thinking is how we avoid going obsolete.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation
CRediT turns ten—a taxonomy for who did what on a paper. Adoption still patchy. Why is research infrastructure so hard to sustain?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #CRediT
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #CRediT
A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.
www.nature.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
CRediT turns ten—a taxonomy for who did what on a paper. Adoption still patchy. Why is research infrastructure so hard to sustain?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #CRediT
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #CRediT
Springer Nature flagged a paper for fabricated references—including one falsely attributed to Ivan Oransky. The irony? It criticized post-publication peer review. LLM-generated citations strike again.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/s...
#ResearchIntegrity #AIinResearch #CitationVerification
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/s...
#ResearchIntegrity #AIinResearch #CitationVerification
Springer Nature flags paper with fabricated reference to article (not) written by our cofounder
Update, Nov. 24, 2025, 5:48 p.m. UTC: This story was updated to add comment from Mohammad Abdollahi, the editor-in-chief of the journal and last author of the paper. Tips we get about papers and bo…
retractionwatch.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Springer Nature flagged a paper for fabricated references—including one falsely attributed to Ivan Oransky. The irony? It criticized post-publication peer review. LLM-generated citations strike again.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/s...
#ResearchIntegrity #AIinResearch #CitationVerification
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/s...
#ResearchIntegrity #AIinResearch #CitationVerification
You can now ask Gemini if an image is AI-generated, thanks to Google's SynthID. But It only flags images made with Google's own tools. :/ We're far from a catch-all solution—human-supervised verification remains the gold standard, especially for academic manuscripts.
www.cnet.com/tech/service...
www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Google Says Gemini Will Now Be Able to Identify AI Images, but There's a Big Catch
You can now ask Gemini if an image is made with Google's AI.
www.cnet.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
You can now ask Gemini if an image is AI-generated, thanks to Google's SynthID. But It only flags images made with Google's own tools. :/ We're far from a catch-all solution—human-supervised verification remains the gold standard, especially for academic manuscripts.
www.cnet.com/tech/service...
www.cnet.com/tech/service...
AI-related publications get 2x+ the expected citations. But there's a flip side - risk of opportunistic keyword usage to inflate metrics and possible neglect of other critical research areas.
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/the-...
#CitationMetrics #AIinResearch #AcademicPublishing
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/the-...
#CitationMetrics #AIinResearch #AcademicPublishing
The Citation Advantage of AI-Related Publications - Science Editor
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming an integral part of scientific research. Many publications across various fields now examine AI-related topics, including methodological…
www.csescienceeditor.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
AI-related publications get 2x+ the expected citations. But there's a flip side - risk of opportunistic keyword usage to inflate metrics and possible neglect of other critical research areas.
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/the-...
#CitationMetrics #AIinResearch #AcademicPublishing
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/the-...
#CitationMetrics #AIinResearch #AcademicPublishing
The j-metric: book weight ÷ years since doctorate. Can't game it. Finally rewards heft over salami-slicing. 😂 My word-heavy Master's thesis would have thrived. Stratospheric j-index, if only I'd kept up.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchMetrics
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchMetrics
Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia
Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The j-metric: book weight ÷ years since doctorate. Can't game it. Finally rewards heft over salami-slicing. 😂 My word-heavy Master's thesis would have thrived. Stratospheric j-index, if only I'd kept up.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchMetrics
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchMetrics
Elizabeth Gadd in Nature: global university rankings are flawed and hinder innovation. Her three reforms: call them out as unfit, gather better data, push for nuanced assessment. I'm nodding along but wondering why more people aren't voicing this need.
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Elizabeth Gadd in Nature: global university rankings are flawed and hinder innovation. Her three reforms: call them out as unfit, gather better data, push for nuanced assessment. I'm nodding along but wondering why more people aren't voicing this need.
Prompt injection attacks can trick AI reviewers into positive reviews. Both static and iterative attacks work on advanced AI models. Detection defenses exist but have limits. The concerning part? These attacks are transferable across models from different brands.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.012...
arxiv.org/abs/2511.012...
"Give a Positive Review Only": An Early Investigation Into In-Paper Prompt Injection Attacks and Defenses for AI Reviewers
With the rapid advancement of AI models, their deployment across diverse tasks has become increasingly widespread. A notable emerging application is leveraging AI models to assist in reviewing…
arxiv.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Prompt injection attacks can trick AI reviewers into positive reviews. Both static and iterative attacks work on advanced AI models. Detection defenses exist but have limits. The concerning part? These attacks are transferable across models from different brands.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.012...
arxiv.org/abs/2511.012...
A study of 25,114 biomedical manuscripts: only 5.7% of authors disclosed AI use - way lower than survey-reported usage.
We need more AI literacy and education. And of course, more standardized guidelines for AI assistance and disclosure.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#ResponsibleAI
We need more AI literacy and education. And of course, more standardized guidelines for AI assistance and disclosure.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#ResponsibleAI
Authors self-disclosed use of artificial intelligence in research submissions to 49 biomedical journals: A cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE To analyze the frequency of self-disclosed use of AI in research manuscripts submitted to 49 biomedical journals and to identify types of AI tools used, the tasks they assisted with, and…
www.medrxiv.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A study of 25,114 biomedical manuscripts: only 5.7% of authors disclosed AI use - way lower than survey-reported usage.
We need more AI literacy and education. And of course, more standardized guidelines for AI assistance and disclosure.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#ResponsibleAI
We need more AI literacy and education. And of course, more standardized guidelines for AI assistance and disclosure.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#ResponsibleAI
Rick Anderson's latest SK article is about open access. He states that the "inevitable OA transition" narrative is wrong and that the transition already happened.
Rick is spot on - different models solve different problems. We need pluralism, not dogma.
Rick is spot on - different models solve different problems. We need pluralism, not dogma.
The Global Transition Has Already Happened – It's Just Not the One You Expected (Part 1 of 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen
The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned -- not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Rick Anderson's latest SK article is about open access. He states that the "inevitable OA transition" narrative is wrong and that the transition already happened.
Rick is spot on - different models solve different problems. We need pluralism, not dogma.
Rick is spot on - different models solve different problems. We need pluralism, not dogma.
Clarivate's 2025 HCR list now excludes scientists co-authoring with people flagged for integrity issues. Math is back (alright!) but with tighter controls targeting excessive self-citation and suspicious patterns.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Influential list of highly cited researchers now shuts out more scientists: here’s why
Rule change weeds out many who co-author papers with others linked to suspicious practices.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Clarivate's 2025 HCR list now excludes scientists co-authoring with people flagged for integrity issues. Math is back (alright!) but with tighter controls targeting excessive self-citation and suspicious patterns.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
COAR's semantic multilingual search proposal fixes what's been bothering me: AI made English accessible to everyone, but not omnidirectional. This is how I envision AI actually leveling the playing field.
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#OpenAccess
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#OpenAccess
Can Semantic Multilingual Search Improve the Accessibility of Research Outputs Across Languages? A COAR Proposal
Today, COAR is published a paper presenting a very promising new approach for multilingual discovery, called multilingual semantic search. We want your opinion! Scholarly knowledge is created and s…
coar-repositories.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
COAR's semantic multilingual search proposal fixes what's been bothering me: AI made English accessible to everyone, but not omnidirectional. This is how I envision AI actually leveling the playing field.
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#OpenAccess
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#OpenAccess