I've said it before, and I'd say it again, pre-prints are great to bypass paywalls (esp. if your institute doesn't have an open-access agreement) and make sure your research gets out there.
Just make sure to update them after publication (or at least not if you didn't).

#Preprint #AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year If They Submit AI Slop

ArXiv은 AI가 생성한 부실한 연구 논문 제출에 대해 엄격한 제재를 도입했다. 명백히 AI 생성 결과를 검증하지 않은 논문 제출 시 1년간 제출 금지 처분을 내리며, 이후 제출은 평판 좋은 동료 검토 저널에서 먼저 승인받아야 한다. 이는 AI 생성 콘텐츠가 과학 연구의 신뢰성을 해치는 문제에 대응하기 위한 조치다.

https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/

#arxiv #aigeneratedcontent #researchintegrity #preprint #academicpublishing

arXiv is trying to further crack down on AI-generated articles: https://bsky.app/profile/tdietterich.bsky.social/post/3mlqt6k5ix22p

#preprint #arxiv

La storia della malattia inventata che è stata rilanciata dagli #LLM e citata in un articolo scientifico ci pone qualche interrogativo.

Da un lato è giusto chiedersi quanto sia affidabile l'#AI, ma dall'altro dovremmo anche domandarci quanto lo sia il sistema delle pubblicazioni scientifiche: qui abbiamo #preprint che diffondono falsità (seppur per nobili propositi) e #ricercatori che non controllano le fonti.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y

The #ai tariff we must all pay for Sam, Elon, Zuck and various other pathologically needy people we're supposed to soothe shows up everywhere. And it's not only money, but the time of our lives-- which comes in a limited supply.

"Philip Cohen, a sociologist at the University of Maryland in College Park who co-founded the SocArXiv preprint server in 2016, says that moderation at SocArXiv operates in a similar way to desk rejections at journals, in which manuscripts are rejected without being sent for peer review. But he makes it clear that the moderators are screening submissions rather than judging their quality. “Is this basically the shape of a scientific paper, can we identify these people? That’s the level of scrutiny we’re giving them.”

Cohen, who was interviewed as part of Chtena’s and Fleerackers’ study, says that he sometimes has to moderate the moderators, asking them to “dial back their reviewing a little” because personal interest or curiosity can come into play.

He also acknowledges that moderation has evolved. Originally, SocArXiv moderated preprints only after they were posted online, but that changed quickly because many manuscripts were being uploaded with “messed-up metadata”, he says.

The uptick in junk science submitted to SocArXiv, probably generated by AI, has made things even more difficult and time-consuming, Cohen adds. And it’s taken its toll on the moderators. “It certainly has made it less fun — more like police work and less like helping people get their work out.”"

#Preprint

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01203-6

@Remittancegirl Looking at all the creators’ fascist eugenics ideas, I’m starting to think there really is full purpose behind it:
"Researchers at the City University of New York (Cuny) and King’s College London have published a paper on how various chatbots protect – or fail to safeguard – users’ mental health.

Experts are increasingly warning that psychosis or mania can be fuelled by AI chatbots."

#AIChatbots #study #preprint #mentalHealth