This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
In the biotech industry, a most-wanted fugitive was long hiding in plain sight
Ronald Fischer, a most-wanted fugitive, was long hiding in the biotech industry in plain sight, and using an alias more extensively than has been previously reported.
Adam Feuerstein
Shopify’s Leaders Are Pushing Right-Wing Politics in Canada w/ Rachel Gilmore
Podcast Episode · Tech Won’t Save Us · August 6 · 59m
Big Tech is right-wing, let's just face it — Part I
The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry
Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.
Miles Klee
Can we stop AI from flooding scientific journals?
AI detectors may never beat fraud. Changing how science rewards its researchers might be the only fix that does
Ananya Palivela
Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.
Ars Contributors
OSF Changes: A Note to Users
The Center for Open Science announced a significant change to the Open Science Framework (OSF). This post shares what led to the change, implications, and what’s next.
Brian Nosek
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact fa…
Sylvain B.
‘They Are Thieves’: FTC Complaints About Hims & Hers Detail Surprise Charges
You can read the complaints for yourself.
Matt Novak
We’re Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector
In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there is just not a lot to hang your hat on. It was, in the manner of every single thing befouled by…
David Roth
AI: When Business and Science Don’t Mix | The Opinion Pages
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is a self-professed techno-optimist and accelerationist. He believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies will usher in a bright future for humanity and that we should do whatever we can to bring about this bright future as soon as possible. We should not put any
Moti Mizrahi
The Ball in OpenAI’s court
Trump alum and voluble Substacker Dean Ball is angling to shape the future of OpenAI, if he can get people to listen.
Stephen Council
Big Tech is right-wing, let's just face it — Part II
Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence
“The future is for everyone,” Zuckerberg says, describing future that is primarily good for Meta.
Jason Koebler
Always a sign of good mental health = writing a manifesto AND Big Tech is right-wing, let's just face it — Part III
Trump returns to controversial vaccine policy with order questioning childhood schedule
The Trump administration, which had recently avoided public discussions of vaccine policy because of concern around the political repercussions, is changing course.
Daniel Payne
