A result does not tell you how it was made - Sensemaker

A correct formula can have an unverified origin, and a successful AI answer can hide a forbidden route. Those claims need different evidence.

New evidence, new challenges: ICC judges’ perspectives on user-generated evidence and judging in an age of artificial intelligence

Evidence recorded on personal digital devices, or “user-generated evidence” (UGE), has profoundly shaped our ways of knowing about international crimes. UGE can be expected to play an important role in future cases before the International Criminal Court (ICC), yet few trials to date have relied extensively on UGE.. This research provides important insights into how ICC judges define UGE and perceive its strengths and weaknesses, and on the readiness of the Court to adapt to judging in an age of Artificial Intelligence. Using grounded theory to analyse interviews with ICC judges, we identified several key themes, including concerns about the perceived importance and potential bias of evidence sources; the practical challenges of employing UGE; the burden placed on the parties to ensure the reliability of the evidence, to rigorously challenge the opposing party’s evidence, and the importance of preparing legal professionals to address the risks associated with misinformation and disinformation.

Fact checking Moravec's paradox

This famous aphorism is neither true nor useful

Konrad Hinsen's blog

By now, most scientists have probably seen figures, tables, and even entire journal articles made by so-called "generative AI", containing more or less subtle mistakes or inconsistencies. What I haven't seen yet, but expect to see soon, is the scientific equivalent of deepfakes: made-up results that come with made-up code that reproduces them. This is likely to become a new challenge for reproducible research.

When Nature Calls: The Enshittification of Science and Its Enablers

Proof-of-work papers, policy laundering, and the collapse of self-correction

Epistemic Infrastructure: Building Shared Truth in an Era of Disaggregation

The Construct of Collective Perception

Who earned the score? - Sensemaker

This week's AI claims blurred models, systems, simulations and people. The evidence becomes clearer when the tested subject comes first.

Judges and Grand Juries Reject Trump's Efforts to Investigate

A detailed record of federal courts and grand juries rejecting the Trump administration’s use of subpoenas, search warrants, and indictments.

I tried to report scientific misconduct. How did it go?

This is the story of how I found what I believe to be scientific misconduct and what happened when I reported it. Science is supposed to b...

Don't Just Fact-Check Misinformation. First, Understand The Value It Holds. A Conversation w Researchers Michael Simeone & Kristy Roschke

Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · June 25 · 1h 7m

A Court Reporter Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says

A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter that it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.

A Delphi survey on attitudes to serious research misconduct: Exploring convergence vs. polarization of views of research “sleuths” and research integrity experts

Research fraud is often seen as a rare event, but evidence from self-report surveys indicates that fabrication and falsification of data are common enough to be a problem. This study assessed attit...