Why Real Intelligence is Something More Than Optimisation
If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more.
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This Award-Winning Microscopy Image Used AI - Igniting Controversy In A Prestigious Competition
Google Figures out How to Watermark AI-Designed Proteins
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
Universities Need to Adapt to a World in Which Knowledge is No Longer Scarce
Universities Need to Adapt to a World in Which Knowledge is No Longer Scarce
If AI is making access to knowledge less scarce, what role to do universities have in delivering it?
Our Research Shows How AI is Getting Better at Exams. Here's How Unis Can Respond
Our Research Shows How AI is Getting Better at Exams. Here's How Unis Can Respond
Three years ago, researchers tested AI on real Australian law exams and it struggled. They wanted to know if this is still the case.
AI Means Fewer Graduate Jobs - How to Make Sure They Still Exist in the Future
AI Co-scientists Are Revolutionizing How Research is Done
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data - but humans still need to decide what makes sense.
Can Researchers Trust That AI Models Won’t Leak Their Ideas?
Following controversy over a mathematics breakthrough claimed by OpenAI, funders grapple with how to make sure proposals stay confidential.
Who Owns the Time AI Saves? New Politics of Academic Labour
The future academic labour agreement may have to do something no previous faculty contract was asked to do. It may have to specify which forms of cognition belong to machines, which belong to professionals, which may be shared between them and where final authority must remain human.
When Your AI Knows You Too Well: Personalization, Sycophancy, and the Risk of an Intellectual Echo Chamber in AI-assisted Research
When Your AI Knows You Too Well: Personalization, Sycophancy, and the Risk of an Intellectual Echo Chamber in AI-assisted Research
As AI research assistants learn our preferences, they may also become better at mirroring our assumptions. Avoiding that outcome will require more than a better prompt.
Surprising AI breakthroughs raise soul-searching questions for mathematicians
Whether mathematics thrives or perishes in the age of AI depends on what it is that society values in the human intellect.
What Kind of Discipline is AI?
Universities are creating AI schools alongside disciplines such as logic, economics and communication without addressing their shared foundations. Mouhamdy M. Dahoud argues that this reflects an ontological gap, with current research funding and assessment taxonomies overlooking an entire category of science.
AI-detection Tools Have Made Huge Leaps Forward - How Good Are They?
AI-detection Tools Have Made Huge Leaps Forward - How Good Are They?
Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.
The Rise of Large Language Models and the Direction and Impact of US Federal Research Funding
Why Scientists Should Lead the Shift Away from AI Mega Data Centres
Why Scientists Should Lead the Shift Away from AI Mega Data Centres
Publicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI's environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.
When Physicians and AI Work Together, Who is Accountable? How to Lay out Medical Liability
When Physicians and AI Work Together, Who is Accountable? How to Lay out Medical Liability
A staging system based on how big a role AI has in patient care can help to identify who is responsible in cases in which care fails.
Europe’s AI Problem is Not Merely Competition, but Control
Europe’s AI Problem is Not Merely Competition, but Control
We do not own the leading-edge AI technology we rely on for research and innovation. We rent it, mostly from US companies.
Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers
Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers
At CERN, AI Will Drive Future Discoveries
CERN's Large Hadron Collider produces 40 million particle collisions per second - far more data than computers can handle. Through real-time filtering, AI can help.
Exploiting Large Language Models in Peer Review: Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks and Integrity Probes
Exploiting Large Language Models in Peer Review: Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks and Integrity Probes
Large language models are beginning to enter peer review. Yet this use creates a security problem: the manuscript being judged can also contain hidden instructions that shape the model's judgment.
Researchers Need Dedicated Tools, Not "off the Shelf" AI
Author surveys show researchers regularly turn to generic "off the shelf" AI tools Akhilesh Ayer argues for a more careful research-centric approach.
'Humanizer' Tool Can Erase Signs of AI-written Text - Alarming Scientists
'Humanizer' Tool Can Erase Signs of AI-written Text - Alarming Scientists
Tool directs text-generation systems to remove constructions associated with artificial intelligence in research papers and grant proposals.
Universities Are Relying on AI-detection Software to Catch Cheating. How Well Do the Programs Work?
Universities Are Relying on AI-detection Software to Catch Cheating. How Well Do the Programs Work?
Technology companies say that their services can sniff out AI-generated writing, but their tools vary in technique and quality.
Now is the Time for AI in Peer Review, and Publishing Policies Need to Recognize This
Now is the Time for AI in Peer Review, and Publishing Policies Need to Recognize This
The role of AI in peer review should be acknowledged in order to ensure practical guidance and policies that help scholars respond with consistency and confidence.
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.
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