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Academic papers should be viva only 😉

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I assume it was The Masked Singer

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Well that’s true yes, hopefully they weren’t told yet, I’m not sure.

For people who would like them for accessibility, is it possible to make them so the user can't do anything with recording of the camera output just the AI description etc running live on the situation. No HUD either. I suppose this could/would be circumvented.

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researchprofessionalnews.com

The AI triage saga is now hopefully resolved. While I suspect this will eventually become the norm for some grant reviews, I would hope that they will be fully transparent with applicants from now on. 🧪 #academicsky www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Funder ‘sorry’ for lack of transparency over AI screening - Research Professional News

Research network will undertake human re-review of applications, with previous awards “suspended”

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026

Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do

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Richard Alexander @richardalexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Given where the limit has been set, to me the complaints say more about the complainer than anything else. The rate limit works out at 24 papers per year as submitting (i.e., lead) author. If someone is writing 30+ papers per year as lead author, I have questions. 🧐

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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I doubt the ‘author’ has read them 😮

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“ChatGPT, here’s SDSS…”

AI reviewing AI is the future 😂

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Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated Rate Limit Policy

I think I managed to get 2 first author papers out in a year once during my most productive postdoc period, when I had no teaching or admin. I reckon I’ll be ok 😂 . Very interesting graph though… might need to log the y axis soon 🧪 #academicsky blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/u...

blog.arxiv.org

arXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…

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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Discount for an extra hour? This was not a plumber.

John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve heard through the grapevine there’s been a lot of LLM use to for this round 🙄

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Strong warning by MI5 about Chinese espionage in UK academic institutions. "Any institution or individual continuing to conduct research ultimately funded by CGTRI should take their own independent legal advice".

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's been 7 months since I gave evidence at the UKGov select committee hearing, on the policy changes at UKRI which have had a catastrophic impact on funding for UK astronomy and particle physics. When asked if we thought we were the "canary in the coal mine", we said yes..... we weren't wrong. 🧪🔭⚛️

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Frank Hatch was a favourite of mine. ‘You will fall into null space’

Hopefully a potential asteroid rather than a threat!

Even even more on AI triage saga 🧪 #academicsky

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've noticed recently that fake conference organisers and journals have started sending follow up emails like they're real people with feelings. To paraphrase "I sent you an email about my fake event/journal last week and you still haven't replied"

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On similar lines, if we’re not careful: A. Scientific journals will only accept submissions from established researchers working within institutions. B. Data we’ve spent ages making open will be hidden to avoid the expense of continued download by bots.

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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Agreed, I’m not even sure how I feel about some imaginary future where it can review things ‘perfectly’.

John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Article about AI triage of grant applications, now with response from UKRI included (as I say this was devolved UKRI funding so they were not responsible for the AI triage) 🧪 #academicsky www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

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AI ‘could filter out weaker grant proposals’, study suggests - Research Professional News

Preprint analysing automated scoring of applications for UKRI funding comes amid reports of AI-based rejections

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A Pint at the Gaslamp, Manchester, painting by Michael Ashcroft.

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I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

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I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

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I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

Stéise @booksparrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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The 2 AI bots battling it out?:

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I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

Apologies, turned off replies and quote posts now as my notifications are through the roof and I think my first post implies that this is directly UKRI, when it is really devolved funding that UKRI gave to others to dish out. Glad to see others finding this worrying if it's the start of a trend.

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Haha no worries, I wasn't really posting it because I wanted anyone blamed for it etc. I was just shocked to see this as it was the first I'd seen of AI triage in grants beyond speculation of their use in the future.

I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.

I should be clear this was devolved funding so UKRI funded a group of academics to set up a grant who then chose this method for review. Still reflects on UKRI though.