(Jan 2024) This an article authored by Leo S. Lo, College of University Libraries and Learning Services (CULLS) at the University of New Mexico. From the abstract: This survey investigates artificial intelligence (AI) literacy among academic library employees, predominantly in the United States, with a total of 760 respondents. The findings reveal a moderate…
(20 Jan 2024) China’s Ministry of Science and Technology last month published new guidelines on the use of generative artificial intelligence in scientific research, as part of its efforts to improve scientific integrity and reduce research misconduct. The new rules notably include a ban on the ‘direct’ use of generative AI tools when applying for…
(11 Jan 2024) There are two primary LLM branches: generative AI (like OpenAI’s GPTs and models from Anthropic, Google, and Facebook) known for crafting text, and the less-heralded interpretive AI (exemplified by BERT—Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) designed to understand text. ChatGPT has popularized generative AI, sparking immense interest. BERT has quietly remained in…
(4 Jan 2024) In recent years, the research community has become increasingly concerned with issues involving the manipulation of images in scientific papers. Some of these alterations—involving images from experimental techniques such as microscopy, flow cytometry, and western blots—are inadvertent and may not change the conclusions of papers. But in rare cases, some are done…
(3 Jan 2024) In the year since ChatGPT brought AI mainstream, the technology landscape has exploded with apps and bots that do more than mimic human intelligence and hallucinate electric sheep. Gary Price is a leader in advocating for better AI tools for librarians, researchers, and students (check out his presentations at Charleston and CNI this fall)—so I asked him, what are his…
(5 Dec 2023) STM released a new white paper — Generative AI in Scholarly Communications: Ethical and Practical Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Publication Process. A followup to AI Ethics in Scholarly Communication which STM released in April 2021, this new publication is a resource for stakeholders in scholarly publishing and addresses…
(Dec 2023) The National Science Foundation has launched a new initiative designed to integrate artificial intelligence across the education sector. The EducateAI initiative will equip educators with the skills needed to integrate AI into their teaching practices and establish infrastructure to support AI education across the U.S. education sector. Margaret Martonosi, assistant director of…
New tools show promise, but technical and legal barriers may hinder widespread use (21 Nov 2023) In today’s world, where scientific research is rapidly growing, new AI tools like Elicit or Scim are being developed to help researchers sort through and understand large numbers of academic papers. However, these tools are not perfect yet.…
(21 Nov 2023) The National Library Board (NLB) is poised to revolutionize the public’s interaction with literature by launching multiple artificial intelligence (AI) services, including a chatbot, an AI image generation service, and a real-time visualization system. Read more here.
(8 Nov 2023) South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. opened Asia’s largest data center in the country to lead technology innovation and accelerate its future growth engine focusing on artificial intelligence and cloud sectors. Naver on Wednesday unveiled the center in Sejong, the country’s administrative city about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Seoul, which…