Katherine Stiles
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Much of the research process gets left out of today's academic papers. Could a new publishing format designed for AI agents automatically record and learn from dead ends and extra details?
Should Researchers Write Papers for AI Instead of People?
Jiachen Liu wants to replace the PDF with an “AI native” format
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This is such a tragic story from @retractionwatch.com www.science.org/content/arti... So many things seem to have gone wrong with this process; it highlights why we need rigorous ethics oversight and research integrity practices in medical research. So sad for this family and their little girl.
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public
Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals
science.org
“…the pileup of breaches point to what cybersecurity experts have described as a clear pattern of human negligence and recklessness by the AI developers.” Exactly. Human negligence. When I was a kid… (1/2) www.wired.com/story/ok-wel...
OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again
Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.
wired.com
Why Governing World Models Is AI's Next Big Policy Challenge
Why Governing World Models Is AI's Next Big Policy Challenge | Stanford HAI
As artificial intelligence moves beyond language into the physical world through "world models," Stanford researchers warn that policymakers face an even steeper governance challenge than with large l...
hai.stanford.edu
Editor’s note: the Jason Arday case and Times Higher Education ✍🏻 @chrishavergal.bsky.social ‣ @timeshighered.bsky.social
Editor’s note: the Jason Arday case and Times Higher Education
In examining sociologist’s PhD thesis, our journalists were seeking to address matters of legitimate public interest, writes Chris Havergal
timeshighereducation.com
Food combinations linked to mortality, CVD and life expectancy
Can we map diets as networks? Food combinations linked to mortality, cardiovascular disease and life expectancy
Imagine a typical breakfast: coffee may appear alongside eggs, toast and butter, while fruit, yogurt and whole grains may form another combination. We do not eat foods in isolation. Instead, our diets...
medicalxpress.com
Alzheimer's Brains Harbor a Previously Unknown Plaque, Study Finds
Alzheimer's Brains Harbor a Previously Unknown Plaque, Study Finds
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, which affects approximately 57 million people globally – a number that's projected to rise to more than 150 million by 2050.
sciencealert.com
This practice is happening on a large scale! :( Confuses me that it's called a mill, though,which sounds like something organised, when it seems to just be individual researchers accepting a lot of review requests and asking to be cited.
Katherine Stiles@katherinestiles.org · 2d ago· #AcademicSky · #AcademicPublishing · #ReviewMills · Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those caught in the middle?
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #SciSky · #AI · Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts
Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts
Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.
nature.com
· #AcademicSky · #AcademicPublishing · #ReviewMills · Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those caught in the middle?
‘A waste of time for all of us’: caught in the crossfire of the peer-review wars
Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those caught in the middle?
nature.com
· #AItranslators · #Communication · AI translators are getting more fluent—but communication is never just a matter of words
AI translators are getting more fluent—but communication is never just a matter of words
Speak into a phone and an app can render your words in another language in seconds. AI-powered speech translation can be fast, convenient and fluent. But fluency does not guarantee that people will un...
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· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #AI · #ExamCheating · Mexico’s largest university to retest applicants over suspected AI cheating
Mexico’s largest university to retest applicants over suspected AI cheating - Latin America Reports
University officials opened an investigation after suspiciously high results in the first round of testing, which took place online in May and June.
latinamericareports.com
Study challenges long-held belief that personality stops changing once you reach adulthood
Your personality changes more across your life than you think, according to new study
Personality traits have long been seen as set in stone, with many believing they stop changing once we reach adulthood. A recent study, however, challenges this long-held belief, suggesting that perso...
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· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #AI · #ExamCheating · Mexico’s largest university to retest applicants over suspected AI cheating
Mexico’s largest university to retest applicants over suspected AI cheating - Latin America Reports
University officials opened an investigation after suspiciously high results in the first round of testing, which took place online in May and June.
latinamericareports.com
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #AI · #ExamCheating · A top Mexican university used AI to prevent exam cheating. Now thousands of admissions are in doubt
The AI cheating scandal rocking Mexico’s most prestigious university | CNN
Thousands of students have been left in limbo amid a cheating scandal that erupted after the prestigious institution offered its exam online for the first time ever.
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Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos Researcher says months of coordination with Microsoft have yet to produce a robust mitigation www.theregister.com/security/202...
theconversation.com/sam-altman-s... #academicsky #edusky #ai Sam Altman says we’re ‘in the singularity’ with AI. Here’s why he’s wrong
#OpenAI #HuggingFace #Hacking No, OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face. Independent experts say the incident matters, but it doesn’t show the AI turning malicious — it simply followed its assigned task and exploited an unforeseen path its creators hadn’t blocked.
No, OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face. Here's what really happened.
Experts say the models didn't "go rogue" when they escaped a controlled cybersecurity test and hacked Hugging Face. Instead, they were pursuing the goal humans had given them in ways nobody anticipate...
livescience.com
· #MedSky · #Anaesthesiology · #Anesthesiology · #Surgery · “Anesthesia just absolutely radically changed surgery and medicine forever” —Melissa Coleman, anaesthesiologist
The Origin of Anesthesia: Feuding Scientists, War, and Dart Poison | The Scientist
Through piecemeal advances involving dentists, adventurers, and Queen Victoria, anesthesia evolved from a crude, risky practice into a sophisticated specialty.
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www.wired.com/story/privat... #chatbots #aiprivacy “What happens between you and an AI chatbot does not always stay between you and a chatbot. Just ask Google.”
· #MedSky · #FakeInfluencers · #Health · #Wellness · The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed
Video: The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed
The New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperreali...
nytimes.com
· #BrainResearch · #Dementia · #Diet · #Sugar · Early Sugar Restriction Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Dementia
Early Sugar Restriction Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Dementia - Neuroscience News
Early-life sugar restriction linked to lower dementia risk and delayed cognitive decline, researchers report.
neurosciencenews.com
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #AI · “For decades, education has measured learning through visible products: essays, quizzes, discussion posts, and standardized responses. These approaches worked because producing the work required the learner to do the thinking. Generative AI changes that assumption.”
Why AI Is Changing What It Means to Be Intelligent - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Explore how AI is changing student learning and assessment in higher education and why educators must design assignments that measure thinking, judgment, and understanding.
facultyfocus.com
“The medicine of the future will probably be built on an alliance between human intelligence, artificial intelligence and medical humanism. AI will contribute memory, speed and computing power. The doctor will continue to contribute judgment, prudence, experience, values and humanity.” #medsky #ai
The positive impact of artificial intelligence on medicine - Royal European Academy of Doctors
August Corominas addresses the effects of artificial intelligence on medical practices and patient care, warning of the crucial importance that the human factor must continue to have
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Some research suggests overreliance on AI can diminish critical thinking, clinical skills, and creativity. What does this mean for the future of AI in medicine? #medsky #medtech #ai
Could using AI erode a doctor’s ability to think?
Research suggests overusing AI can hurt critical thinking, clinical skills, and creativity. What does this mean for doctors?
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