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fromThe Atlantic
6 hours ago

The Case of the Disappearing Scientists

The mystery of the missing scientists began with a Silver Alert. In late February, a retired Air Force major general named Neil McCasland left his house in New Mexico for a walk and never returned.
OMG science
Data science
fromNature
2 days ago

Got bugs? Here's how to catch the errors in your scientific software

Scientific coding is error-prone, often due to lack of training, making debugging an essential but under-taught skill for researchers.
Intellectual property law
fromNature
5 days ago

US lawmakers intensify scrutiny of scientific-publishing practices

US lawmakers are increasingly addressing issues in scientific publishing, including high publishing fees and the impact of 'paper mills' on research integrity.
#plagiarism
Media industry
fromFuturism
4 days ago

A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That's Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale

National Today is accused of blatant plagiarism by rewording and stealing content from various publications without crediting the original sources.
Media industry
fromFuturism
4 days ago

A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That's Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale

National Today is accused of blatant plagiarism by rewording and stealing content from various publications without crediting the original sources.
#higher-education
OMG science
fromNature
2 days ago

How hidden contributions power modern research

Frank Hemmings has dedicated over 27 years to collecting and preserving plant specimens, significantly contributing to global scientific research.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week ago

What John Wilson's Critique of My Faculty Survey Gets Wrong

Wilson theorizes that aggrieved far-right faculty were overrepresented while far-left faculty boycotted the survey. He provides no evidence for either claim and ignores evidence against—such as that only one of 633 respondents identified as 'extremely conservative.'
Right-wing politics
#research-integrity
#ai-in-education
Media industry
fromPoynter
5 days ago

How Poynter reported the AI plagiarism story that rattled journalism - Poynter

An AI company, Nota, faced backlash for plagiarizing local journalists' work, raising concerns about AI's role in journalism.
Online Community Development
fromNature
3 weeks ago

A responsible authorship culture is needed - it is a collective responsibility

Responsible authorship culture is essential for scientific integrity, anchored in credit, accountability, and transparency.
Education
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests

Smart glasses are being used for cheating in exams, with students renting them to gain an advantage.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

My Friend's Boyfriend Proofed My Master's Thesis. What He Wants as Payment Is Too Much.

You do not owe help to someone who reviewed your work, especially after a breakup.
Marketing tech
fromWashington City Paper
3 weeks ago

Top 6 AI Detector Tools for Editors, Educators, and Content Teams

AI detection is essential for maintaining content integrity as patterns of AI-generated content become more prevalent and indistinguishable from human writing.
Typography
fromTODAY.com
3 weeks ago

Professor Shares 1 Word That's a Dead Giveaway for an AI-Written Paper

The word 'moreover' is a strong indicator of AI-generated writing in student papers.
#artificial-intelligence
fromNature
3 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

fromFast Company
1 month ago
Higher education

Why the greatest risk of AI in higher education is the erosion of learning

AI adoption across university functions threatens to hollow out learning, mentorship, and the university’s purpose as machines perform research and educational labor.
Intellectual property law
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

Artificial intelligence is generating non-existent academic references, leading to hallucinated citations in scholarly publications.
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
3 weeks ago

Block of Citations Tested Beneath AI Overview Summary

The format has ginormous link cards at the bottom of the AI summary, which include a thumbnail of no apparent value, the site name, favicon, description, and title.
Typography
Higher education
fromNature
1 week ago

Should academic misconduct be catalogued? Proposed US database sparks debate

Creating a national database of researchers guilty of misconduct could prevent them from securing new academic positions.
Philosophy
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?

Originality is prized, but the distinction between influence and plagiarism is often unclear, especially with the rise of AI tools.
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Novel Pulled From Shelves After Author Is Accused of Using AI

Hachette remains committed to protecting original creative expression and storytelling. The company requires all submissions to be original to the authors and that the authors disclose whether AI is used during the writing process.
Books
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

What happens when AI starts checking mathematicians' work

Computer programs that check mathematical arguments have existed for decades, but translating a human-written proof into the strict programming language of a computer is extremely time-consuming, often taking months or even years.
OMG science
#ai-ethics
Intellectual property law
fromNature
4 weeks ago

Major conference catches illicit AI use - and rejects hundreds of papers

ICML rejected 497 papers for violating AI-use policies in peer reviews, emphasizing the importance of trust in the research community.
Roam Research
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors

Grammarly's Expert Review tool uses AI trained on deceased academics' work without permission, enabling users to receive manuscript feedback attributed to scholars who have died.
Intellectual property law
fromNature
4 weeks ago

Major conference catches illicit AI use - and rejects hundreds of papers

ICML rejected 497 papers for violating AI-use policies in peer reviews, emphasizing the importance of trust in the research community.
Roam Research
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors

Grammarly's Expert Review tool uses AI trained on deceased academics' work without permission, enabling users to receive manuscript feedback attributed to scholars who have died.
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
1 month ago

AI Mode Tests Ask About Element in Citations

Google AI mode has added an 'Ask about this' option above the sources where all URLs are displayed. Clicking on 'Ask about' here automatically pulled a new prompt into the search box.
Artificial intelligence
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers

Scientists who self-retract papers due to honest mistakes maintain citation rates and receive community support, suggesting shifting attitudes toward retractions as responsible scientific practice rather than career-damaging misconduct.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Self-publish and be scammed: Jon's tale of heartbreak highlights boom in fraudsters using AI to supercharge book swindles

AI-powered publishing fraud schemes exploit authors' emotional investment in their work by promising global recognition and marketing campaigns, resulting in significant financial losses.
Higher education
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

What if I told you the 'AI slop' debate was over 100 years old? It used to be about 'ghostwriting' | Fortune

Vanderbilt University faced backlash for using ChatGPT to draft a message about community after a campus shooting.
fromNature
2 months ago

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click

Within a couple of years of ChatGPT coming out, I had come to rely on the artificial-intelligence tool, for my work as a professor of plant sciences at the University of Cologne in Germany. Having signed up for OpenAI's subscription plan, ChatGPT Plus, I used it as an assistant every day - to write e-mails, draft course descriptions, structure grant applications, revise publications, prepare lectures, create exams and analyse student responses, and even as an interactive tool as part of my teaching.
Privacy technologies
#predatory-journals
Higher education
fromNature
4 weeks ago

'Grade inflation' hits PhD students. What's behind the increase?

Graduate students' grades have increased over two decades without a corresponding improvement in work quality, indicating potential grade inflation.
#peer-review
fromNature
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

This AI can improve your peer review - and make it more polite

fromNature
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

This AI can improve your peer review - and make it more polite

#jeffrey-epstein
Data science
fromNature
1 month ago

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud

All major LLMs can facilitate academic fraud and junk science, though Claude models show the most resistance while Grok and early GPT versions perform worst.
Education
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Teacher banned after lying about graduating from Cambridge

A teacher was banned indefinitely after fabricating documents, lying about a Cambridge Master's, falsifying age and magistrate status, prompting investigation and regulatory referral.
#academic-publishing
Higher education
fromNature
1 month ago

Reckoning with my 'ghost years': why a high publication rate doesn't always reflect success

Publication gaps during early career development represent valuable research progress and skill-building, not career failure, despite academic pressure to maintain constant output.
Higher education
fromNature
1 month ago

Reckoning with my 'ghost years': why a high publication rate doesn't always reflect success

Publication gaps during early career development represent valuable research progress and skill-building, not career failure, despite academic pressure to maintain constant output.
Intellectual property law
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Unconscious Plagiarism: Fact or Fiction?

Unconscious plagiarism claims by famous artists may reflect genuine memory lapses rather than intentional theft, though distinguishing between carelessness and authentic unconscious appropriation remains difficult.
Artificial intelligence
fromNature
2 months ago

Author knows best? Top AI conference asks for self-ranked papers amid paper deluge

Authors' self-ranking of multiple submissions, calibrated against peer review, predicts long-term citation impact and highlights higher-quality papers.
US news
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Harvard professor on leave as college investigates ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Harvard placed mathematics professor Martin Nowak on paid leave pending investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, following DOJ document releases revealing a $6.5 million donation and island visit.
#generative-ai-in-education
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago
Higher education

College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don't always agree

Generative AI in education creates tension between convenience and skill development, forcing professors and students to navigate unclear boundaries around responsible use.
Higher education
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don't always agree

Generative AI in education creates tension between convenience and skill development, forcing professors and students to navigate unclear boundaries around responsible use.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

60% of Teens Say AI Cheating Is Normal at School

Nearly 60% of American teenagers say students at their school use AI chatbots to cheat "very often" or "somewhat often," according to a new Pew Research study. The researchers found that teens now view cheating with AI as "a regular feature of student life."
Education
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Critical social media posts linked to retractions of scientific papers

Critical posts on X can serve as early warnings of problematic scientific articles and higher retraction risk when negative sentiment or red-flag words appear.
Science
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop

Scientific journals are increasingly filled with fabricated references and AI-generated low-quality content, undermining peer review and trust in published research.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Daily briefing: Automated robot 'scientists' spark debate over the future of lab work

Autonomous AI-controlled lab robots can automate simple tasks but current limitations mean many laboratory procedures still require human dexterity and judgment.
fromNature
2 months ago

AI could transform research assessment - and some academics are worried

In 2023, Australia abandoned its expensive and bureaucratic scholar-led research-assessment programme. New Zealand followed suit soon after. The hope, according to a transition plan unveiled by the Australian federal government's Department of Education and the research sector, was to find a "more modern, data-driven approach". In the United Kingdom, where financial pressures on universities are especially acute, there are similar calls to reform the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the country's performance-based research-funding system.
Higher education
Higher education
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months ago

'Ghost students' stealing millions in financial aid from CA community colleges, investigation finds

Online "ghost student" scammers use stolen or fake identities to enroll in community colleges and collect financial aid, costing millions and overwhelming admissions staff.
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