"A centralized online platform to access posters has long been needed" www.science.org/content/arti...

"OpenAI executives have denied that any employee or AI agent saw the pair’s work before the researchers released it publicly on 7 September. But there still remains a separate question: Could the pair’s work have reached OpenAI’s models through its training data?" www.science.org/content/arti...

How an AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy

OpenAI spent millions to solve the Navier-Stokes problem, but who should get credit?

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Jo Michell@jomichell.bsky.social · 6d ago

Suspect that the tl:dr is that human experts using AI can now achieve a lot in a short space of time. openAI will try to spin the humans out of the story as far as possible.

“When the same gatekeepers evaluate one another’s work, scholarship risks drifting away from meritocratic service to society and towards insider interests.” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elite-c...

‘Elite capture’ of top journals prompts ‘gatekeeping’ concerns

Scholarship ‘risks drifting away from excellence-based peer review and towards serving insider interests’ when cliques dominate, warns study

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It turns out you can’t appease people who openly hate you and want to destroy everything you’ve ever worked for. More on this shocking news as we get it

Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 4d ago

Quislings in senior management

"While retractions, corrections, and concerns “do not in themselves establish misconduct or poor scholarship, their accumulation can, however, create suspicion – and potentially make Retraction Watch an unwitting amplifier of an organised campaign,” bylinetimes.com/2026/09/10/j...

Jason Arday: The Story Behind the Story of The Times’ ‘Impossible Data’

The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him

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US government intervention in a legal dispute between publishers and tech firms is "part of a larger effort to support AI over the interests of content-creation industries" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/09/10/a...

Ask the Chefs: AI and Copyright Licensing - The Scholarly Kitchen

The US Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest in the copyright infringement litigation between The New York Times and OpenAI and Microsoft, et. al., largely siding with the AI companies a...

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OUP update their policy on AI disclosure for authors www.researchinformation.info/news/oxford-...

Oxford updates AI disclosure guidelines for academic authors - Research Information

Research found widespread uncertainty among academic authors over when artificial intelligence use should be disclosed

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Founding CEO of Bloomsbury to step down as part of a five-year succession plan www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

'Harry Potter' publisher Bloomsbury's founder Nigel Newton plots CEO handover after 40 years

Bloomsbury Publishing is turning the page on a new chapter, unveiling plans on Tuesday ​for founder Nigel Newton to hand over within two years the chief ‌executive role he has held at the "Harry Potte...

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Journalology round-up of results from RELX (Elsevier), Springer Nature, Informa (Taylor & Francis), and Wolters Kluwer newsletter.journalology.com/p/2026-half-...

2026 half-yearly updates

How did Elsevier, Springer Nature, T&F, and Wolters Kluwer perform in the first half the year?

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How do government departments use academic research and evidence? New report from me for @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social focused on creative industries policy as a case study www.gov.uk/government/p...

Knowledge, evidence and the use of research in creative industries policy: DCMS Skills and Diverse Workforce Policy Fellowship Report

The final product from Professor Dave O’Brien’s Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Skills and Diverse Workforce Fellowship.

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Suspect that the tl:dr is that human experts using AI can now achieve a lot in a short space of time. openAI will try to spin the humans out of the story as far as possible.

Hi Homer, I recently came across The Iliad and was blown away by its expansiveness, its humanity, and its complex use of . Have you considered new ways to promote your book and expand its reach across various platforms? I would love to connect and hear your ideas. Kind regards, Apollonius

Writing some scientific workflow slides for this week’s MPTC class.

I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists

Wiley financials latest: Research ↗ (OA & Emerald acquisition) Research "Solutions" ↘ (AI licensing) www.researchinformation.info/news/wiley-r...

Wiley research publishing revenue jumps 12pc on OA growth and Emerald acquisition - Research Information

$13 million contribution from Emerald Publishing following completion of the acquisition during the quarter

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The US Federal Trade Commission is being urged to investigate AI companies for buying, scanning and destroying books to train AI www.axios.com/2026/08/21/f...

Exclusive: FTC urged to investigate AI firms for destroying books

Groups are urging the agency to examine the practice of buying, scanning and destroying books to train AI.

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Bloomsbury Publishing H2 2026 Earnings Call included mention of "Bloomsbury Brain" to "support pricing, forecasting and operational decisions."

Bloomsbury Publishing H2 Earnings Call Highlights

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) reported higher profit and earnings despite a year-over-year revenue decline, as management pointed to the resilience of its mix of consumer and academic publishing and said it expects to deliver record profit in the current financial year. Founder and Chief Executiv

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Sam Missingham@samatlounge.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just saw someone talking about ‘Bloomsbury Brain’ an AI tool for their books and academic content that does god knows what. CEO talked about it on an investor call so clearly they’ve got big hopes for it. Any @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social authors heard of it?

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Oxford University Press strikes amid further redundancies and relocations

Workers at Oxford University Press are set to take strike action next month amid further redundancies and nearly 50 roles being relocated to India.

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This thread by @cblevins.bsky.social is really thoughtful about the challenges agentic AI poses to online teaching, which largely can’t be solved by shifting assignments to analog & in-class work Every degree of distance—online, asynchronous, etc.—compounds the issue & huge % of students are online

Cameron Blevins@cblevins.bsky.social · 2w ago

This MIT report on AI and teaching is rightfully getting lots of praise: aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/. There's a ton to like, but it exemplifies a trend I see on Bluesky around AI + pedagogy conversations: they tend to leave out online learning entirely.

"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." The Leopard 🧵1/2

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 3w ago

New MIT report on AI calls for less emphasis on grades, more on project-based learning, recognition that programs for undergraduate research assistants are educational experiences that should not be replaced even if AI agents can do the research for less $$, more emphasis on community. /1

I was moved to write a definition of this kind of thing at work some years ago in the face of a lot of empty use of the terminology. Obviously I failed. share.google/AsO0Qz4WYBUJ...

Researcher Workflow

The scholarly publishing sector is going through a period of “digital transformation”. As publishers seek to find opportunities beyond…

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"an edited book is a thing of beauty – greater than the sum of its parts and a fine example of academic solidarity" said someone share.google/Dugxis4pltzu...

There IS Value in Adding to an Edited Collection!

Routledge's Terry Clague sheds reasonable doubt on the assertion that contributing to edited book chapters is"akin to burying your research."

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Evan@evansmithhist.bsky.social · 4w ago

#academics let's celebrate the edited book chapter! What is an edited book chapter that you're particularly proud of, or one you think deserves more readers? Mine is this one... www.academia.edu/37549965/Exp... www.researchgate.net/publication/...

39 years ago, in hardback, my first novel was priced at £9.99 (£36 in today's money). My new one will be £20 if you pay full price. Books have become such a ridiculous bargain, really. (Thought prompted by visiting the booking site for a West End play where the few remaining tickets are £215 each.)

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It sure looks like Jason Arday was horrifically wronged

The media’s profound ignorance of academia is a deadly problem

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 4w ago

Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jason-ardays-marathon-challenge-and-football-claims-found-be-true-after-his-death

Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jason-ardays-marathon-challenge-and-football-claims-found-be-true-after-his-death

Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death

Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found

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There's a whole bunch of white male academics who were told that their era is up, and who are now organising. I mean C'mon, this is a MUCH bigger story than the Arday one.

"Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process ... The logo of the team that works at this warehouse is a dinosaur, brandishing its teeth and with a book in its hands." www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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2025 saw strong growth in US HE "course materials" publishing revenues though declines from professional & scholarly publishing publishers.org/news/aap-sta...

AAP StatShot Annual Report: Publishing Revenues Totaled $33.4 Billion for Calendar Year 2025 - AAP

Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released the StatShot Annual report covering the calendar year 2025, estimating that the U.S. publishing industry generated $33.4 billion in aggrega...

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Growing population of 18yr olds in the UK, probably peaking in next few years. The "top" universities share those spoils - more bums than seats - an expensive student experience in a very difficult graduate jobs market.

Very Terry 🔥@bookseditorial.bsky.social · 4w ago

Rising demand for engineering , technology, social science, psychology and law, degrees in UK at expense of subjects seem as declining in employability, such as computing giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Turnitin has long used its end user licence agreement to use students' work for product devt. Now it's trying to update it to use essays for AI devt too! Prime example of academic content assetization - turning student IP into a source of value codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/a...

AI and the amplification of academic content assetization

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash A new AI-driven digital learning platform launched by Arizona State University has set off alarm bells among academics for its exploitation of scholarly work. AS…

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Ian Linkletter@linkletter.org · last mo.

I found them! They are linked on Berkeley's website here classrooms.berkeley.edu/news/clarifi... h/t @other95.bsky.social Direct link to Turnitin's explanations of the proposed changes: view-su2.highspot.com/viewer/40018...