We are expecting the US Government’s AI Action Plan to be issued over the summer. In the meantime, we may glean some of the administration’s views by looking at recently issued information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Model licenses simplified library licenses in the 2000s. The same approach can streamline licensing scholarly content for AI training today.
Recently, a group of Ukrainian researchers uncovered serious violations in the use of ISSN identifiers by journals operating in temporarily occupied territories, revealing systematic misuse of academic infrastructure and promoting narratives hostile to Ukraine.
Five pending cases may set new ground rules for use of training materials for AI. Here is what to watch.
Welcoming Roy Kaufman on board as a Chef in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Today’s interview, with Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl of the University of Otago, looks at why and how we should implement research infrastructure processes that support Indigenous knowledge.
Joe Esposito looks back at a 2011 post offering a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.
The downfall of the Red Delicious apple provides an interesting lesson in agriculture, history, and business strategy, showing how intellectual property protections can be a force for good.
Are US federal courts enforcing Creative Commons licenses? Yes, but not as copyright holders may hope.
We stand by our data. We just won’t share it or believe that you replicated our study.
Todd Carpenter reports on a forum hosted by WIPO and the Copyright Office that focused on whether copyright can apply to the works created by artificial intelligence systems.
Guest author Rob Schlesinger encourages a rethink of the common requirement that graduate students publish their dissertations.