Publishers of big journals ramp up efforts to ensure more transparency over what material has been fed into the likes of ChatGPT (3 Aug 2023) Academic publishers have called for more protections and greater transparency over the way artificial intelligence chatbots are trained, amid a string of lawsuits seeking to protect copyrighted material. …
(July 2023) The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in research is growing rapidly, with new applications being developed all the time. However, there are also some potential ethical challenges associated with the use of AI in research. For example, it is important to ensure that AI tools are not used to generate fraudulent or misleading research. It…
(14 Jul 2023) On 23 June, NIH banned the use of online generative AI tools like ChatGPT “for analyzing and formulating peer-review critiques”—likely spurred in part by a letter from Siegle, who is at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues. After the conference they warned the agency that allowing ChatGPT to write grant reviews is “a…
(11 Jul 2023) Japan this month announced new guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence in schools and universities with a focus on helping teachers and students understand the characteristics of the technology, while imposing some limits due to fear of copyright infringement, personal information leaks and plagiarism. Students must comprehend the characteristics of AI…
By designing an autonomous system that fed prompts to the chatbot, researchers produced a paper that was fluent and insightful. Yet they still have concerns. (7 Jul 2023) A pair of scientists has produced a research paper in less than an hour with the help of ChatGPT — a tool driven by artificial intelligence (AI)…
(4 Jul 2023) Britain’s Russell Group of research universities has published a set of principles that promote artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and use by staff and students. Universities are urged to adapt teaching and assessment to support the equitable and ethical deployment of AI, to uphold academic rigour and integrity, and to collaborate around evolving…
(27 Jun 2023) The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report co-published by open access publisher Frontiers and the World Economic Forum has been presented today. The report identifies those technologies poised to have the biggest positive impact on society over the next three to five years. Curated by an international steering group of experts,…
(5 Jun 2023) More than 1 billion people around the world have some type of disability (including visual, hearing, cognitive, learning, mobility, and other disabilities) that affects how they access digital content. No wonder we spend so much time talking about accessibility tools! Digital transformation can revolutionize the world, turning it into an inclusive place…
(16 May 2023) Andreas Mace, Systems Librarian at the National Library of Sweden, shares views on the 2 posts regarding the limitations of the unified vision for library systems, and also some loosely coupled software and services, that together create a modular library systems landscape. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can…
(24 May 2023) How should academic libraries respond to the maturing of Artificial Intelligence? This the first in a series of posts about Collections as Data, AI, computational approaches to Arts and Humanities, signposting to resources, networks, reports and events. Read more here.