(14 Jan 2026) British technology minister Liz Kendall said on Tuesday the government was seeking a “reset” on plans to overhaul copyright rules to accommodate artificial intelligence, pledging to protect creators while unlocking AI’s economic potential. Creative industries worldwide are grappling with legal and ethical challenges posed by AI systems that generate original content after…
(8 Jan 2026) A new report by HEPI and Taylor & Francis explores the potential of AI to advance translational research and accelerate the journey from scientific discovery to real-world application. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Advance Translational Research (HEPI Policy Note 67), authored by Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Strategy at HEPI, and Lan Murdock, Senior Corporate Communications…
(8 Jan 2026) The results from the global community consultation on agentic AI in research are now available. The consultation explored current use of agentic AI in research and gathered perspectives on its value throughout the research lifecycle. Launched in November 2025, the consultation defined agentic AI as ‘artificial intelligence systems capable of autonomous…
(17 Dec 2025) This blog post outlines strategies for detecting AI-generated hallucinations, particularly fabricated citations, using a librarian’s verification approach including three layers: Existence Check: Search exact titles, journals, and authors; about 40% of AI citations vanish here. Content Check: Confirm if real sources match claimed findings, as AI may invert conclusions. Context Check: Evaluate…
(10 Dec 2025) At most scientific publications, papers co-authored by artificial intelligence (AI) are not welcome. At a new open platform called aiXiv, they are embraced. The platform goes all in on AI: It accepts both AI- and human-authored work, uses built-in AI reviewers for baseline quality screening, and guides authors through revisions based on the chatbots’…
(1 Dec 2025) AI search tools like Elicit, Consensus, and Scite.ai have spent years racing to build centralised indexes of academic content— first by indexing the open content that is available and then trying to get publisher partnerships. But unlike their predecessors of the 2010s – the Web Scale Discovery systems (now called “Discovery layers” or “Discovery Services”) like Summon, Ebsco Discovery Service, Primo,…
(8 Dec 2025) AI task management tools represent a rapidly growing class of productivity software. They promise to help us organize our lives, prioritize our days, and even predict how long it might take to finish that ever-important task that we’ve been avoiding. But in practice, they are part-experiment, part-assistant, and part-mirror, showing us how…
(1 Dec 2025) In March 2024, Ithaka S+R released a tracker of generative AI products for higher education, along with an issue brief detailing our observations on the generative AI product landscape for postsecondary research, teaching, and learning activities. Since then, the list of products on the tracker has more than doubled in length and become more cumbersome for…
(27 Nov 2025) A new Trump administration plan to expand the use of artificial intelligence in US science could greatly boost research productivity. But according to analysts, it also highlights a need for more global cooperation in AI development. The Genesis Mission announced by the White House on November 24 aims to turn much of…
(Nov 2025) As libraries shift their budgets toward investing in digital resources and content, employees must also streamline work processes to accommodate thousands, if not millions, of titles. Missing or substandard metadata can hinder discoverability, impacting the library’s return of investment in these resources, not to mention the opportunity costs that result for our users. …