An algorithm that takes just seconds to scan a paper for duplicated images racks up more suspicious images than a person (3 Oct 2023) Scientific-image sleuth Sholto David blogs about image manipulation in research papers, a pastime that has exposed him to many accounts of scientific fraud. But other scientists “are still a little bit…
A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as well as excited, by the increasing use of artificial-intelligence tools in research (27 Sep 2023) Artificial-intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly common in science, and many scientists anticipate that they will soon be central to the practice of research, suggests a Nature survey of more…
(6 Sep 2023) Today, STM joins 26 organizations representing thousands of creative professionals around the world, including the academic publishing sector, news, entertainment, magazine, and book publishing companies released Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI). A first of their kind, these pioneering Global Principles provide guidance for the development, deployment, and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
(28 Sep 2023) In this blog post, Aaron Tay shares a non-comprehensive list of academic search engines that use generative AI (almost always Large language models) to generate direct answers on top of list of relevant results, typically using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Techniques. Find out more here.
(27 Sep 2023) OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been an undoubtedly powerful and interesting tool since its release in November 2022, but it has been limited with the domain of its knowledge — which only included information up to September 2021. But that changes today. OpenAI just announced on X (formerly Twitter) that ChatGPT “can now browse…
(19 Sep 2023) [University of Leeds] has published a significant research report examining the transformational potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries. “Looking towards a brighter future: the potentiality of AI and digital transformations to library spaces” aims to better understand the potential and the practical implications of AI in libraries. The report explores…
(12 Sep 2023) A group of U.S. authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, has sued OpenAI in federal court in San Francisco, accusing the Microsoft-backed program of misusing their writing to train its popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. Chabon, playwright David Henry Hwang and authors Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder and Ayelet Waldman said…
(1 Sep 2023) Students and academics who use artificial intelligence tools to ‘ghostwrite’ essays or dissertations risk having their degrees revoked according to a new draft Degree Law to tackle misconduct, including plagiarism that is currently before China’s National People’s Congress (NPC). The draft law, submitted to the Standing Committee of the NPC this week,…
(31 Aug 2023) Hallucinations, or the generation of inaccurate or fabricated information, are a significant concern surrounding the use of AI. In this post, Jennifer Gu, HKUST librarian, introduces five AI research tools that can generate answers based on real sources. These tools are designed to ensure that students and researchers can rely on accurate…
(5 Sep 2023) The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Regulation of artificial intelligence around the world. This report, prepared by the research staff of the Law Library of Congress, provides a list of jurisdictions in the world where legislation that specifically refers to artificial intelligence (AI) or systems utilizing AI…