University of Surrey: AI tools may be weakening the quality of published research, study warns. “Artificial intelligence could be affecting the scientific rigour of new research, according to a study from the University of Surrey. The research team has called for a range of measures to reduce the flood of ‘low-quality’ and ‘science fiction’ papers, including stronger peer review processes and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/university-of-surrey-ai-tools-may-be-weakening-the-quality-of-published-research-study-warns/

A Matter of Words | The Point Magazine
https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/a-matter-of-words/
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I find it interesting that when one digs, the anthropocentric aspects get relativised.
We obviously live in an universe that can support life, but not the best possible one for that goal…

#universe #darkmatter #academicpapers

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/our-universe-is-not-fine-tuned-for-life-but-its-still-kind-of-ok/

scientific papers - why are most titles so poorly composed? one intrepid researcher goes undercover to find out… stay tuned ! #academics #AcademicPapers #AcademicPublishing

Watermark for LLM-Generated Text

Researchers at Google have developed a watermark for LLM-generated text. The basics are pretty obvious: the LLM choos... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/watermark-for-llm-generated-text.html

New Research in Detecting AI-Generated Videos

The latest in what will be a continuing arms race between creating and de... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/07/new-research-in-detecting-ai-generated-videos.html

Dan Solove on Privacy Regulation

Law professor Dan Solove has a new article on privacy regulation. In his email to me, he writes: “I’ve been pondering privacy consent for more than a decade, and I thi... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/dan-solove-on-privacy-regulation.html

TikTok Editorial Analysis

TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. (This is a serious analysis, and the methodology looks sound.)
... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/01/tiktok-editorial-analysis.html

AI Decides to Engage in Insider Trading

A stock-trading AI (a simulated experiment) engaged in insider trading, even though it “knew” it was wrong.
The agent ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-decides-to-engage-in-insider-trading.html

Coin Flips Are Biased

Experimental result:
Many people have flipped coins but few have stopped to ponder the statistical and physical intricacies of the process. In a preregistered study we collected 350... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/10/coin-flips-are-biased.html

#Rediff #VeilleESR #AcademicPapers

Voir si vous publiez dans une revue prédatrice ou non.

https://app.lib.uliege.be/compass-to-publish/

Inconsistencies in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

Interesting research:
Shedding Light on CVSS Scoring Inconsistencies: A User-Centric Study on Evaluating Widespread Security Vulnerabilities
Abstract: The Common Vulne... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/09/inconsistencies-in-the-common-vulnerability-scoring-system-cvss.html

A friend once advised: take a nonfiction book and look for the chapter that was the original paper before they put all the filler in and just read that. Since we always have trouble finding semi-academic nonfiction books to read I've started making my own by downloading JSTOR papers and having them printed and bound. Here's the contents of the latest one: #JSTOR #reading #books #AcademicPapers

How Attorneys Are Harming Cybersecurity Incident Response

New paper: “Lessons Lost: Incident Response in the Age of Cyber Insurance and Breach Attorneys“:
Abstract: Incident Response (IR... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/06/how-attorneys-are-harming-cybersecurity-incident-response.html

#OpenAccess #OpenSource #biomedicine #LifeSciences #AcademicResearch #AcademicPublishing #AcademicPapers #ResearchJournals #DataDashboards

"Say hello to Jot: a free, open-source web application that matches manuscripts in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences with suitable journals, based on a manuscript's title, abstract, and (optionally) citations.... Jot gathers a wealth of data on journal quality, impact, fit, and open access options...."

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/introducing-jot-a-new-open-source-tool-to-help-researchers-with-journal-selection/

Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer

A group of Chinese researchers have just published a paper claiming that they can—although they have not yet done so—break 2048-bit RSA. This is something to take seriously. It might n... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/breaking-rsa-with-a-quantum-computer.html

Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/breaking-rsa-with-a-quantum-computer.html #quantumcomputing #academicpapers #Uncategorized #cryptanalysis #cryptography #China #RSA