This Week’s Texted Discoveries
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» Scientists decry conference’s use of hidden prompts to snare AI peer reviews
Richard Drury
Can Math Save Journalism?: Julia Angwin on Proof, Power, and Amazon’s Algorithm
Podcast Episode · Breaking Math Podcast · July 2 · 53m
CDC leadership continues to try to manufacture a scientific debate on vaccines where none exists
CDC leadership continues to try manufacture a scientific debate on vaccines where none exists, writes Ben Lopman.
Ben Lopman
There’s a Global Network of Fungi Under Your Feet. This Is the First Complete Map
A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet’s climate.
Marta Musso
When Research Becomes Junk: The Enshittification of Academic Publishing
Enshittification is transforming academic publishing, raising urgent questions about the future quality, integrity, and value of research.
Carl Rhodes and Martina K. Linnenluecke
Ethics journal retracts paper by high school student for AI, peer review manipulation
The Journal of Medical Ethics has retracted a paper on the use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry for containing references that don’t exist. The article’s sole author: a high school student.&nbs…
Avery Orrall
Bryan Johnson Spent Tens of Millions Trying Not to Die, Gets Diagnosed With Incurable Disease
Immortality obsessed tech investor Bryan Johnson reveals he was recently diagnosed with an incurable disease.
Frank Landymore
Something Is Very Wrong with Modern Longevity Science
A new book argues that many of the world’s oldest people aren’t so old after all.
Dhruv Khullar
We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’
“Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me.”
Jason Koebler
Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to Cheat
Brown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.
Emma Whitford
Boston suing Meta and other social media companies over alleged addictive features for students
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Wednesday that she has filed a lawsuit against social media giant Meta and other companies, accusing them of deliberately targeting children with addictive features.…
Bryan Lambert
“Abolish the NIH”? Dr. Scott Atlas gives the antiscience game away
Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the right wing think tank Hoover Institution who came to prominence as a COVID contrarian, recently wrote an op-ed advocating the elimination of the National Instit
David Gorski