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AI Slop Is a Tenure Problem, Not Just a Tech Problem

The tide of slop will only keep growing if we don’t rethink incentive structures for academic publishing and tenure.

By Steven Zhou

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Springer Nature Takes Back Retraction of Max Planck’s Papers

The publisher Springer Nature reversed its retraction of two papers by renowned physicist and Nobel laureate Max Planck after more...
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10 Lessons From an Office of Public Scholarship, 3 Years In

How can institutions better support scholars wanting to do public-facing work?

By Christopher Schaberg

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Is Automation ‘Distorting’ the History of Scientific Research?

Automation might be to blame for Springer Nature’s retraction of two papers that a Nobel Prize winner published more than...
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RFK Jr. Asks Journal Editor Why Vaccine Article Was Removed

The Health and Human Services secretary is asking a medical journal for more information on why it removed a published...
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Police Remove Researchers From Diabetes Conference

Police removed five researchers from the annual American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans on Friday as they distributed copies...
Cover of More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity by Adam Becker.