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STM has submitted a response to Singapore’s public consultation on artificial intelligence and intellectual property. In its response, STM supports the responsible development of AI while also calling for firm legal, ethical and safety guardrails, meaningful transparency, and respect for copyright. STM argues that Singapore should clarify and tighten, rather than broaden, its computational data…

STM is following developments around Meta’s proposed Commercial Terms and their potential implications for scholarly publishers and other organisations that use its platforms. We share the concerns shared by fellow publisher and news organisations about the breadth of the proposed permissions and the lack of meaningful choice for businesses that rely on Meta’s services. The…

STM has joined nearly 120 organisations calling on Congress to address concerns that federal agencies are moving ahead with elements of the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed changes to federal grantmaking, despite Congress having temporarily blocked implementation of the proposed rule. The broad-based coalition brings together organisations spanning research, education, healthcare, housing, local government…

Research4Life together with Elsevier have today published their final strategic report, combining two complementary Research4Life studies exploring the views of more than 1,200 researchers and institutional leaders in in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The report, New horizons in participation: Strengthening research in low- and middle-income countries, combines a researcher survey (designed by Research4Life’s Equity…