Guest Post: Trying to Write a Paper with LLM Assistance
I tried three different large language models (LLMs) to rewrite a potential article.
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?
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?
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?
Wiley Leans into AI. The Community Should Lean with Them.
An interview with Wiley SVP Josh Jarrett about their work improving publishing processes with AI and licensing content for AI applications.
Guest Post — How Generative AI Could Transform Scholarly Publishing: Themes and Reflections from Interviews with Industry Leaders
A new study from Ithaka S+R explores: How will generative AI transform scholarly communication and where will change be most rapid and revolutionary?
Guest Post — Upholding the Integrity of Open Science
As preprints become an increasingly integral part of scholarly communication, can automated screening tools improve their reliability and preprint servers’ operational efficiency?