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Report: “Bring Your Own Brain? Why Local LLMs are Taking Off”
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From The Register: Companies that advocate for local LLMs also cite technological democracy as a driver. “AI is one of the greatest sources of leverage humanity has ever had,” says Emre Can Kartal, growth engineer and lead at Jan, a project from Menlo Research to build locally run models and the tools that manage them. “Our […]
Journal Article: “Reimagining the Humanities Book: Bringing Living With Machines to Life Through Experimental Publishing Workflows and Open Research Practices”
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The article linked below was recently published by Learned Publishing. Title Reimagining the Humanities Book: Bringing Living With Machines to Life Through Experimental Publishing Workflows and Open Research Practices Authors Emma Gallon University of London Press, School of Advanced Study, University of London Jamie Bowman University of London Press, School of Advanced Study, University of […]
New Data From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Publishing Revenues Totaled $32.5 Billion for Calendar Year 2024, Up 4.1% vs. 2023
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From AAP: Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released the StatShot Annual report covering the calendar year 2024, estimating that the U.S. publishing industry generated a robust $32.5 billion in aggregate publishing revenue for books and course materials across print and digital formats, an increase of 4.1% as compared to $31.3 billion in 2023. “This […]
Journal Article: The Librarian Skillset and the Needs of Artificial Intelligence
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The article (full text) linked below was recently published by Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Title The Librarian Skillset and the Needs of Artificial Intelligence Authors Corey A. Harper Elsevier Discovery Lab Paul Groth University of Amsterdam Source Cataloging & Classification Quarterly DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2025.2539787 Abstract New roles in AI are emerging throughout Industry, Academia, and Government. […]
Journal Article: “Hurdles to Open Access Publishing Faced by Authors: A Scoping Literature Review From 2004 To 2023”
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The article (full text) linked below was recently published by Royal Society Open Science. Title Hurdles to Open Access Publishing Faced by Authors: A Scoping Literature Review From 2004 to 2023 Authors Nataliia Kaliuzhna Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology Zeynep Aydin Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology Paul Müller University of Technology […]
New Research Report From Ithaka S+R: “The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models: Access Strategies and Budgeting Realities”
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Report Authors: Tracy Bergstrom, Makala Skinner From Ithaka S+R: This study examines academic monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences across the United States and Europe to understand how current business models are functioning for their consumer base, namely libraries and authors. Through interviews with librarians, content aggregators, publishers, and authors, we gathered information on […]
Journal Article: “Generative Artificial Intelligence and University Libraries in Latin America”
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The article linked below was recently published IFLA Journal. Title Generative Artificial Intelligence and University Libraries in Latin America Authors Humberto Martínez-CamachoUniversidad Panamericana, Mexico César Saavedra-AlamillaUNAM, MexicoJosmel Pacheco-MendozaUNAM, Mexico Juan D Machin-MastromatteoUniversidad Científica del SUR, Lima, Peru Source IFLA Journal (2025) DOI: 10.1177/03400352251348246 Abstract This article explores the use of generative artificial intelligence in Latin […]
From Reuters: British business information group RELX said on Thursday demand for its generative AI tools from lawyers and scientists boosted half-year profit by 9%, and it was confident on further growth as new products launch and its conference business thrives. [Clip] Demand for its new generative AI tools has helped sustain growth more recently, and […]
Business Insider: “Here’s the List of Websites Gig Workers Used to Fine-Tune Anthropic’s AI Models. Its Contractor Left It Wide Open”
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From Business Insider: An internal spreadsheet obtained by Business Insider shows which websites Surge AI gig workers were told to mine — and which to avoid — while fine-tuning Anthropic’s AI to make it sound more “helpful, honest, and harmless.” The spreadsheet allows sources like Bloomberg, Harvard University, and the New England Journal of Medicine while blacklisting others like […]
Pew Research: “Google Users are Less Likely to Click On Links When An AI Summary Appears In The Results”
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From Pew Research: Last year, Google introduced “AI Overviews,” a feature that displays an artificial intelligence-generated result summary at the top of many Google search pages. This feature is available to millions of U.S. Google users. Online publishers recently have attributed declining web traffic to these summaries replacing traditional search results, claiming that many users are relying on the […]
