Research integrity is locked into an arms race with agentic AI slop - LSE Impact Advances in agentic AI combined with increasingly large reserves of openly accessibly and machine-readable data are creating a perfect storm for the mass-production of AI authored research papers. Adr...

👀ICYMI: "For some datasets, we estimate that the amount of mass-manufactured research now outnumbers legitimate research by ten to one"

@aidybarnett.bsky.social #AcademicPublishing #OpenData #ResearchIntegrity

Looks like we’re just publishing news stories about research without any sources at the Guardian now….

ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs

@theguardian.com Please can you share the source /link for the research covered in this article? Thanks.

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This was such an incredible panel @claudiel.bsky.social. Such a dynamic conversation about the role of local and international research partners in #humanitarianhealth research uptake and impact!

#HumanitarianHealthResearchForum

My request for this week is that media outlets do not refer to Trump’s tariffs as “reciprocal” (except in scare quotes). None of our trade partners have tariffs on US goods anywhere near the massive 10-30% universal tariffs Trump is proposing

He’s starting this not retaliating

The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death Anti-vaccine influencers see the child’s death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.

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Here is a tracker of Project 2025 objectives and their progress towards completion.

www.project2025.observer

Musk: "Really none of this could be done without the full support of the president.... I actually checked with [Trump] a few times" about shutting down USAID—"Are you sure? And he said yes, shut it down."

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

This is erasure of a whole group and an attempt to control and silence scientists.

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Donald Trump’s data purge has begun Researchers have been archiving government websites for months.

Health and climate information is already disappearing from federal websites.

This is CRAZY

www.theverge.com/news/604484/...

Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

I don't even know what to say

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How Science Diplomacy Can Reshape Global Research Publishing: A Theory of Change In today’s digitally interconnected world, the swift exchange of knowledge and research should be commonplace and should drive substantial advancements in health, well-being, and prosperity globally. ...

"Our current research publishing system is holding us back" couldn't agree more and I'm excited to see how this new initiative unfolds. #researchimpact #openaccess

www.cgdev.org/publication/...

IDF refusers: The men who volunteered but now won't fight in Gaza Why men who reported for duty after October 7 are now refusing to fight

This article is simultaneously terrible to read and a small glimmer of hope.

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Asked to reflect today on what's exciting about my work this year. I cited the outcomes emerging from our Uptake/Impact small grants. They're demonstrating that deep contextual knowledge+ connections, vision/passion for change, +policy-relevant designs /outputs are key #researchimpact ingredients.

UN relief chief decries ‘bullets and bombs’ against aid workers 2024 is now humanitarians’ deadliest year on record, driven by the war in Gaza

"States and parties to conflict must protect humanitarians, uphold international law, prosecute those responsible, and call time on this era of impunity.”

@tomfletcherun.bsky.social

2024 is now the deadliest year on record for humanitarians. #NotATarget

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Study reveals only a fraction of global climate policies actually work A recent analysis of global climate efforts found only a fraction of the policies implemented over the past 20 years have been effective.

Thinking about the COP today and what a complete mess it is. This meta-piece is a great (if depressing) contribution to the debate

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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.

Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/

Whose job is it to build demand for evidence in the humanitarian system? - Elrha A blog by Cordelia Lonsdale, R2HC Senior Research Impact Adviser, sharing her reflections on whose role it is build demand for evidence in the humanitarian system.

For my first post on blue-sky, resharing this post I wrote. More to come.

#researchimpact

#evidenceuse

#humanitarian

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