(22 Sept 2025) Publishers often provide guidelines for authors to transparently declare any human assistance in manuscript preparation (for example, professional language editing services). However, recent developments in AI – particularly generative AI – have led to rapid expansion in the capabilities of machine tools to assist with writing, editing, and even enhancing research manuscripts…
(30 Sep 2025) Manipulating figures with tools like Photoshop tends to leave telltale signs such as random straight lines and duplications. ‘With AI-generated images, those hallmarks are gone,’ says image integrity consultant Mike Rossner. Some attempts at sneaking AI-generated images into papers – for example an illustration of a rat with giant testicles – are almost laughably…
(22 Sept 2025) Research suggests nearly half of all tasks in the information services sector could be transformed by AI. This isn’t a distant future scenario—it’s happening now. What can we do to shape the impact of AI on libraries and library workers? The free Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit will help you and your colleagues plan, develop…
(15 Sept 2025) A new global reviewer survey from IOP Publishing (IOPP) reveals a growing divide in attitudes among reviewers in the physical sciences regarding the use of generative AI in peer review. The study follows a similar survey conducted last year showing that while some researchers are beginning to embrace AI tools, others remain concerned…
(24 Sept 2025) How are people actually using ChatGPT? Drawing on a dataset of more than 1 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, this report gives us a panoramic view into the sorts of prompts people put forward to generative AI. Much of the discussion around AI literacy has hinged on possible or presumed usages of AI in…
(19 Sept 2025) SMU Libraries is pleased to invite you to an insightful and engaging online event in celebration of UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2025. This year, the theme is “Minds Over AI – MIL in Digital Spaces,” a topic that couldn’t be more relevant in our rapidly evolving digital world. From Friday,…
Should online retailers put more effort into the editorial process for AI books? (13 Sept 2025) Each month, between 10,000 and 40,000 e-books are released that utilize ChatGPT or other AI platforms. However, the actual number of AI books that do not disclose their use is likely higher. Things are so bad at Amazon that…
(5 Sept 2025) From the abstract: Generative AI chatbots are rapidly reshaping information-seeking behaviors due to their ability to cite to online sources in responses to user queries. Many university students are increasingly turning to chatbots as learning partners and believe it improves their effectiveness as a learner. This perceived trust in these tools…
(26 Aug 2025) Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun have sued artificial-intelligence startup Perplexity AI over alleged copyright infringement, joining other news organizations in Japan and the U.S. that are challenging the use of their content in AI tools. The newspapers are seeking an injunction and ¥2.2 billion ($15 million) each in damages from Perplexity, they…
(20 Aug 2025) Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to automate repetitive, data-intensive and pattern-recognition tasks, thereby freeing human cataloguers for more complex work. What impact will this have? We interviewed Getaneh Alemu because his current work demonstrates a proactive engagement with AI in cataloguing. He is actively involved in exploring, testing and evaluating various…