TL;DR Shorts: Dr Ernest Mwebaze on AI and its Impact on the Global South
Happy TL;DR Tuesday to all who celebrate! In this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode, we hear from Dr Ernest Mwebaze, Executive Director of Sunbird AI. Dr Mwebaze shares his thoughts on the excitement and...
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SciWalker – bringing together fragmented literature
Figure 1. Green chemistry. Source: DALL·E. Chemistry has transformed to focus on sustainable “green” processes that minimize hazardous substances through efficient, cost-effective and environmentally...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Esther Dyson on Whether All Tech is Good Tech
In this episode of TL;DR Shorts episode, Esther Dyson shares her thoughts on the neutrality of technology. Esther says that technological advancements are neither inherently good nor evil when...
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Dark Matter: What’s missing from publishers’ policies on AI generative writing?
Stock image generated using AI: “An artificial intelligence robot writer creating generative AI writing”. Source: Adobe. Guest post by Avi Staiman Disclaimer: I wrote a draft of the article on my own...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Dr Astro Teller on Responsible Transformative Technology
A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Dr Astro Teller and hear his thoughts on the opportunities and threats we currently face as a community of curious humans. Naturally, one topic we...
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Fragmentation of AI research: Looking for silos in Applied AI
Figure 1: DALL•E rendering of “AI siloed research”. Note: This image has been edited because some of the words attached to each silo by DALL•E were gibberish, good illustration of the limitations of...
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Launching a new way to interact with scientific content on OpenAI’s ChatGPT...
Today, Digital Science releases its first custom GPT on OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform – Dimensions Research GPT – as a free version based on Open Access content and an enterprise version calling on all...
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FuturePub London – International Women’s Day 2024
On Monday 4th March 2024, we hosted the latest edition of our community engagement event #FuturePub to prompt discussions ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day. Held annually on 8th March, a...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Dr Ernest Mwebaze on responsible AI
This week’s TL;DR Tuesday TL;DR Shorts episode takes us back to Dr Ernest Mwebaze, Executive Director of Sunbird AI. Dr Mwebaze shares his thoughts about the balance between being experimental in...
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Welcome to… Research Transformation!
Transformation via and within research is a constant in our lives. But with AI, we now stand at a point where research (and many other aspects of our working life) will be transformed in a monumental...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Dr Kate Devlin on artificial intelligence
Happy TL;DR Tuesday! Today’s TL;DR Short certainly lives up to its description as Dr Kate Devlin gives us her treat-sized take-homes on artificial intelligence. Dr Kate Devlin is Reader in AI &...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Mariette DiChristina on Artificial Intelligence
In this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode, Mariette DiChristina takes us back to the zeitgeisty theme of artificial intelligence. As the Dean of the College of Communication at Boston University, and former...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Dr Ernest Mwebaze on the impact of community initiatives
It’s TL;DR Tuesday and this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode features Dr Ernest Mwebaze, Executive Director of Sunbird AI, who talks about the impact that his community engagement initiatives have had on...
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The next serendipitous paradigm shift for drug discovery
If we were living in a simulation, in order for humanity to continue its drive out towards longer, happier lives, every now and then something drastic should happen. We should get a serendipitous...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Roger Magoulas on Generative AI
This week’s TL;DR Shorts features computer scientist turned data science expert and data strategy consultant Roger Magoulas who is sharing his thoughts on generative artificial intelligence, or...
View ArticleThe TL;DR on… ERROR
We love a good deep dive into the awkward challenges and innovative solutions transforming the world of academia and industry. In this article and in the full video interview, we’re discussing an...
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Presenting: Research Transformation: Change in the era of AI, open and impact
Research Transformation: Change in the era of AI, open and impact. As part of our ongoing investigation into Research Transformation, we are delighted to present a new report, Research Transformation:...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Dr Danny Hillis on the Automated Future of Research
New eras of technology have always enabled novel waves of research. This week’s TL;DR Tuesday contribution comes from an innovator who has witnessed and indeed driven the evolution of many such waves...
View ArticleTL;DR Shorts: Professor Lord Martin Rees on Artificial Intelligence
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s AI For Science Forum hosted by Google DeepMind and The Royal Society, this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode features Professor Lord Martin Rees, one of the world’s leading...
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Deep Minds: Reflections from the AI for Science Forum
Last week, I attended the AI for Science Forum, a gathering of incredible minds from across disciplines, each sharing perspectives on how AI is transforming research and impacting society. Organised...
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