This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Kent Anderson
Pod: Scientific Publishing’s Double Bubble
With a shared “inevitability” narrative and utopian visions, both may pop soon
OpenEvidence Is Also AI Slop
JAMA joins NEJM on the AI Fever Train, and it’s another pileup of nonsense
Another Springer Nature AI Prob
Another book with fake citations — even as a reviews journal approacheth . . .
Recent AI Slop: A Compendium
It’s been a rough time for AI in scientific publishing — time to stop dreaming?
aiXiv — Nothing Is Right About It
Agents with human IDs generating fake papers, and PhD students running amok
Song: “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”
One of ABBA’s biggest international hits, it set the stage for techno music
AI on NEJM — Broken Branding
Who really wanted this in the first place? What is the brand damage?
This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Interview: Elizabeth Jacobs
Founder of “Defend Public Health,” Jacobs knows she’s fighting for us all