August 1, 2024 by Gary Price
Roundup Breaking MAD: Generative AI Could Break the Internet (via Rice U.) Research: The Decision-Making Mystery of AI Chatbots (via Cornell U.) Researchers Develop State-Of-The-Art Device to Make Artificial Intelligence More Energy Efficient (via U of Minnesota) The Political Preferences of LLMs (via PLOS One) These AI Firms Publish the World’s Most Highly Cited Work […]
July 31, 2024 by Gary Price
From Plan S/cOAlition S: cOAlition S is pleased to announce the release of a new pricing framework designed to foster global equity in scholarly publishing. Developed by Information Power following consultation with the funder, library/consortium, and publisher communities, the framework is introduced to enable discussion, promote greater transparency and inspire publishers and other service providers to implement more equitable […]
July 30, 2024 by Gary Price
AI AI Has a Revolutionary Ability to Parse Details. What Does That Mean for Business? (via HBR) AI is Complicating Plagiarism. How Should Scientists Respond? (via Nature) Generative AI Hits 100 Million User Milestone in US (via Emarketer) Launch: Say Hello to Perplexity Publishers’ Program ||| Media Coverage (via TC) British Library BL Provides Update […]
July 24, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Joint Announcement (via BTAA): The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) is excited to announce a partnership with the Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) project. This collaboration aims to test and enhance infrastructure solutions for academy-owned scholarly publishing programs that are open source, community-led, and rooted in academic values. The pilot project will create […]
July 24, 2024 by Gary Price
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Estimating Global Article Processing Charges Paid to Six Publishers For Open Access Between 2019 and 2023 Authors Stefanie Haustein School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa Scholarly Communications Lab Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Eric Schares Scholarly Communications Lab […]
July 23, 2024 by Gary Price
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Candidates For ACRL 2025 ACRL Board of Directors Announced AI AI Terminology, Explained for Humans (The Verge) See also: Artificial Intelligence Glossary (Nielsen Norman Group) As Generative Models Improve, People Adapt Their Prompts (preprint; via arXiv) Arizona Listen Online: How a Small Library [The Copper Queen Library in […]
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July 20, 2024 by Gary Price
UPDATED POST (July 23, 2024) An Academic Publisher Has Struck an AI Data Deal with Microsoft—Without Their Authors’ Knowledge (The Conversation) —End Update— From The Bookseller: Authors have expressed their shock after the news that academic publisher Taylor & Francis, which owns Routledge, had sold access to its authors’ research as part of an Artificial […]
July 18, 2024 by Gary Price
From AAP: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for May 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, PreK-12 Instructional Materials and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for May 2024 were up 10.9% as compared to May 2023, coming in at $1.1 […]
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July 18, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Joint News Release (Full Text): Clarivate today announced a partnership with OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium, and SearchOhio, a consortium of Ohio public libraries, to develop a new library resource sharing consortial experience. Through this partnership Clarivate will unify OhioLINK and SearchOhio’s resource sharing platforms to enhance library user experiences and services, improve […]
July 17, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI (via Proof News, WIRED) STM Statement Regarding Unlicensed Use of STM’s Members’ Content in the Training, Development, and Operation of AI Models ||| Infographic (both items via STM) Dictionaries Aussieness: New Australian English Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (via Oxford […]