Repackaging Christie — Does AI Have a Role?
If the local pub trivia master is looking for information on Agatha Christie, what are the available options? How will AI change the nature of literary scholarship?
We Could Use a Model Licensing Framework for Scholarly Content Use in AI Tools
Model licenses simplified library licenses in the 2000s. The same approach can streamline licensing scholarly content for AI training today.
Copyright’s Big Win in the First Decided US Artificial Intelligence Case
The first AI training case has been decided in the US in favor of the copyright holder.
AI Rights Reservation: Human Readable is Machine Readable — An Interview with Haralambos (“Babis”) Marmanis
“Rights reservation language, whether in plain English, included in terms, or coded into, e.g., metadata, is “machine readable.” It is a choice by an AI developer to not read “human readable” rights reservation language.”
Guest Post: Finding Your Voice in a Ventriloquist’s World – AI and Writing
What are prompts in our writing tools asking us if we want to “rewrite with AI” really telling us? And what would broad adoption of those tools mean for creativity and scholarly research communication?
AI and Content — The 2024 Trend that Wasn’t and the Related Opportunity that Exists
As a result of EU law and other factors, rights holders are reserving their AI rights. This material is available for AI training/licensing.
The Year in Review: 2024 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we plunge into 2025, a look back at 2024, a year of uncertainty in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Navigating the Digital Frontier: How Emerging Tech Trends Are Shaping Scholarly Publishing
A focus on four rising technology trends and the challenges and opportunities they might bring to scholarly communications.
Once It Has Been Trained, Who Will Own My Digital Twin?
Generative AI agents have the possibility to make us more productive, but once trained, who will own and control it?
Research Integrity was the Leading Topic of Conversation at the STM Innovation Day
At the start of every December, STM hosts their innovation and integrity days in London. This year, research integrity was the focus of both days, reflecting growing interest and concern in the publishing industry.
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2024, Part 3
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 3 today.
A Dissonance of Ideals: Openness, Copyright, and AI
Robert Harington attempts to reveal inherent conflicts in our drive to be as open as possible, authors’ need to understand their rights, and a library’s mandate to provide their patrons with the enhanced discovery that comes with AI’s large language models (LLMs).
Guest Post: Supply Chain of Writing Fools
While Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” referred to betrayal of trust in love, when it comes to AI use of our work, writers feel betrayed by those who should be protecting our intellectual and creative property.
First-Hand Publishing Experiences: Researcher Panel at SSP’s New Directions Seminar
A diverse panel of researchers shared their first-hand publishing experiences at the 2024New Directions seminar.
The Top Ten Challenges, Needs, and Goals of Publishers – and How AI Can Help in Digital Transformation and the Open Science Movement
As artificial intelligence begins to play an ever-bigger role in the scholarly publishing landscape, how might it help solve some of the biggest challenges facing publishers?