A Developer Accidentally Found #CSAM in #AI Data. #Google #Banned Him For It

Google suspended a mobile app developer’s accts after he uploaded AI #training data to his #GoogleDrive. Unbeknownst to him, the widely used dataset, which is cited in a number of academic papers & distributed via an #academic file sharing site, contained child #sexualAbuse material. The developer reported the dataset to a child safety org, which eventually resulted in the dataset’s removal

https://www.404media.co/a-developer-accidentally-found-csam-in-ai-data-google-banned-him-for-it/

"LLMs are structurally indifferent to the truth"

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/

Academic journals being invented, and now those citations contain bullshit #AI citations, giving legitimacy to a string of bullshit papers.... Flooding the zone with shit.

The cynic in me thinks this could be deliberate - by those who want to make the 'post-truth age' a reality.

#LLM #academic #research #truth #bigtech

"LLMs are structurally indifferent to the truth"

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/

Academic journals being invented, and now those citations contain bullshit #AI citations, giving legitimacy to a string of bullshit papers.... Flooding the zone with shit.

The cynic in me thinks this could be deliberate - by those who want to make the 'post-truth age' a reality.

#LLM #academic #research #truth #bigtech

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review, often against guidance

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04066-5

#HackerNews #AI #in #Research #AI #Peer #Review #Research #Trends #Academic #Integrity #Technology #in #Academia

@EUCommission tagging #Erasmus #UK #EU #academic #education ⬆️

New front in the MAGA war on higher education: a model bill would hurt tenure, increase teaching loads, further limit research, and install ideological overseers for hiring, promotion, etc.

It's engineered to shut down any critique, resistance, or inquiry.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/12/09/proposed-model-bill-would-change-college-tenure-teaching--research/ #academic #academicChatter

A Developer Accidentally Found #CSAM in #AI Data. #Google #Banned Him For It

Google suspended a mobile app developer’s accts after he uploaded AI #training data to his #GoogleDrive. Unbeknownst to him, the widely used dataset, which is cited in a number of academic papers & distributed via an #academic file sharing site, contained child #sexualAbuse material. The developer reported the dataset to a child safety org, which eventually resulted in the dataset’s removal

https://www.404media.co/a-developer-accidentally-found-csam-in-ai-data-google-banned-him-for-it/

"Many students are simply refusing to do *anything*."

https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l

#study #learning #education #student #students #knowledge #university #universities #academic

Asking for a friend: Do you know any scientific evidence that #OpenSource and #OpenResearchSoftware lead to more software innovation and/or scientific evidence than #ClosedSource?

Common sense (transparency, reproducibility..) is clear. But there are certainly studies that have also dealt with this scientifically. Recommendations?

Boosts are welcome!

#Academic #Science #FediHelp #OpenScience #ResearchSoftware #FAIR

"Many students are simply refusing to do *anything*."

https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l

#study #learning #education #student #students #knowledge #university #universities #academic

Asking for a friend: Do you know any scientific evidence that #OpenSource and #OpenResearchSoftware lead to more software innovation and/or scientific evidence than #ClosedSource?

Common sense (transparency, reproducibility..) is clear. But there are certainly studies that have also dealt with this scientifically. Recommendations?

Boosts are welcome!

#Academic #Science #FediHelp #OpenScience #ResearchSoftware #FAIR

at a recent meeting discussing the use of #LLMs #AI in #teaching, it was clear to me that if someone is smart then there is no guarantee that they cannot also be very stupid. even worse, the smarter they are then the higher the risk that this poses because few will question their stupidity. …i wish we could move away from #academic #FOMO … #GenerativeAI is an enormous risk to teaching and learning (as well as posing serious legal and ethical questions, in general).

As an #Academic, do you reject #Elsevier and other for-profit publishers? Do you think they should stop going in the way of free exchange of knowledge?
Or maybe you think Elsevier is not that bad and wonder why people are concerned with them?

In both cases, have a look at this list of researchers pledging to stop supporting Elsevier:
http://thecostofknowledge.com/index.php

And if you are convinced... add your name to the list :)

Quoting @djoerd for the link:
https://idf.social/@djoerd/115564353571445019

#ScientificPublishing #Research #Academia #AcademicChatter

at a recent meeting discussing the use of #LLMs #AI in #teaching, it was clear to me that if someone is smart then there is no guarantee that they cannot also be very stupid. even worse, the smarter they are then the higher the risk that this poses because few will question their stupidity. …i wish we could move away from #academic #FOMO … #GenerativeAI is an enormous risk to teaching and learning (as well as posing serious legal and ethical questions, in general).

As an #Academic, do you reject #Elsevier and other for-profit publishers? Do you think they should stop going in the way of free exchange of knowledge?
Or maybe you think Elsevier is not that bad and wonder why people are concerned with them?

In both cases, have a look at this list of researchers pledging to stop supporting Elsevier:
http://thecostofknowledge.com/index.php

And if you are convinced... add your name to the list :)

Quoting @djoerd for the link:
https://idf.social/@djoerd/115564353571445019

#ScientificPublishing #Research #Academia #AcademicChatter

I'm getting desperate so am turning to the Fedi for help. Boosts will be appreciated.

I really need to find a private tutor of East Syriac. I do know Classical Arabic which I've heard helps, but can't find any sources or courses.

@medievodons @histodons #Syriac #Academic #History #Medieval #Medievallanguages #language