Over the past few days, I have been in full marathon reading mode while working on a chapter on AI and assessment. As part of my reference mining and snowballing, I came across a set of research ...

As the fall semester came to a close, Andrew Heiss, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, ...

There’s sloppy science, and there’s AI slop science. In an ironic twist of fate, beleaguered AI researchers are warning that the field is being choked by a deluge of shoddy academic papers written ...

Nearly 1 in 30 clinical trials were interrupted by funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health, affecting more than 74,000 patients and research into cancer, infectious disease and more, ...

Will your favorite sycophantic AI helper be servile forever? Maybe not. New research from the AI safety group Palisade Research suggests that some top AI models could be developing “survival drives,” ...

What happened: A big new global study just dropped, and it shows that AI has pretty much taken over the world of academic research. Why this is important: But here’s the interesting twist: most ...

Scientific fraud has existed for as long as modern science has; documented cases date back centuries. With wrongdoers profiting off deceptive practices, cases have been sharply rising. A new study has ...

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were ordered by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were headed for ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

Hidden AI Prompts Trick Academics Into Giving Research Papers Only Positive Comments Your email has been sent Researchers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries hid AI prompts in their ...