Researcher Perspectives

AI & Trusted Research   How AI shapes — and is shaped by — the academic record  From accelerating drug development to enabling green technologies, AI holds extraordinary promise for science — but it also introduces real risks, from AI-generated misinformation to large-scale manipulation of the academic record. As the pace of change accelerates, publishers and…

The CDN provider has recently announced new tools and services for the era of AI. The two latest ones are their Content Signals Policy, which makes robots.txt indications more specific, and responsible AI bot principles. These may help bridge the gap between current practices and evolving legislation by providing effective tools to manage AI bots.

We’re expecting a busy autumn: after conducting consultations over the summer, the EU Commission will release a strategy for AI in science on 7 October and a Data Union Strategy at the end of October. A consultation was just launched on a Digital Omnibus, a package to review and streamline digital legislation to alleviate compliance burdens…

The Danish Ministry for Culture tasked a dedicated working group to explore questions about the interplay between AI and copyright. They delivered a very good set of recommendations, including recommendations on effective transparency in training data. EU countries will continue debating this topic into the fall, exploring potential solutions to favour AI licensing.