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New AI research Signal 7h ago

Oxford updates AI disclosure guidelines for academic authors - Research Information

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“"44% of respondents said they were concerned that disclosing their use of AI would negatively affect how others viewed their work, while only 36% said they currently recorded their use of AI during the research process." So most AI use in papers is secret w…” evidence ↗
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“"44% of respondents said they were concerned that disclosing their use of AI would negatively affect how others viewed their work, while only 36% said they currently recorded their use of AI during the research process." So most AI use in papers is secret w…”

Established AI field signal Development 5d ago
Harvard faculty oppose AI writing courses

Harvard Humanities Faculty Push Back on Deming’s Call for AI Use in Writing Courses | The Harvard Crimson

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Hypervisible
““Harvard faculty in the humanities and social sciences expressed broad concern over an email Harvard College Dean David J. Deming sent students Wednesday suggesting that artificial intelligence be integrated into ‘writing-intensive’ courses.”” evidence ↗
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““Harvard faculty in the humanities and social sciences expressed broad concern over an email Harvard College Dean David J. Deming sent students Wednesday suggesting that artificial intelligence be integrated into ‘writing-intensive’ courses.””

“Good pushback from Harvard faculty against the dean who doesn't understand learning. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...”

Established Culture, work & education Analysis 5d ago
AI education evidence production critique

The problem with evidence production on AI in education | code acts in education

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“Academic research measuring AI effects in education is appallingly biased already. New industry initiatives promise to hand research authority to big tech and construct even more problematic infrastructures for knowledge production on AI in education codeac…” evidence ↗
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“Academic research measuring AI effects in education is appallingly biased already. New industry initiatives promise to hand research authority to big tech and construct even more problematic infrastructures for knowledge production on AI in education codeac…”

Established Culture, work & education Development 5d ago
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CodePath Anthropic AI education partnership

CodePath and Anthropic team up to open source AI's impact on students | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“Edu research is in serious danger of capture by genAI companies. They have research infrastructure most departments can't even imagine. But if you work with OpenAI or Anthropic et al? You're not just doing snazzy science but helping them capture the sector …” evidence ↗
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“Edu research is in serious danger of capture by genAI companies. They have research infrastructure most departments can't even imagine. But if you work with OpenAI or Anthropic et al? You're not just doing snazzy science but helping them capture the sector …”

Established AI field signal Signal 6d ago

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Charles Logan
“Erasure: "a process through which the surface features of academic writing (such as fluency, coherence, and formal structure) are preserved or even enhanced through AI use, while the epistemic, critical, and disciplinary dimensions of writing are progressiv…” evidence ↗
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“Erasure: "a process through which the surface features of academic writing (such as fluency, coherence, and formal structure) are preserved or even enhanced through AI use, while the epistemic, critical, and disciplinary dimensions of writing are progressiv…”

Established Culture, work & education Resource 6d ago
Buckingham Shum AI education blog

Simon.BuckinghamShum.net – Sensemaking / Education / Analytics / AI

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“@drrobinthomas.bsky.social I tend towards a critical view of AI in ed (and of the *research* on AI in ed), but there are some who approach its "benefits" in a more sophisticated way than most of the crap studies out there (and who may have a concrete answer…” evidence ↗
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“@drrobinthomas.bsky.social I tend towards a critical view of AI in ed (and of the *research* on AI in ed), but there are some who approach its "benefits" in a more sophisticated way than most of the crap studies out there (and who may have a concrete answer…”