openRxiv’s AI Trojan Horse
The LLC-owned preprint farm links science to an AI startup to make more slop
Kent Anderson
An NIH Shutdown Hiring Spree?
Based to Friday postings, the NIH aims to hire six Directors before Thanksgiving
Song: “Hell You Call a Dream”
Inspiring a chapter title in our book, this Warning song deserves attention
This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Pod: Interview with Nick Evans
A philosophy and political science expert talks preprints, policy, and science
Freaks and Geeks In the News
A lot has happened, and it’s time to put a few of the oddities together
AI Surveys Overcome By Events
Elsevier’s and Wiley’s AI surveys land with a thud as a battle rages around them
Our New Affirmation Businesses
As AI and OA become intertwined, are we just affirming anything for money?
Friday Song: “Reptilia”
The Strokes wrote a song about our reptilian brain — and it works
This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch