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"AI models incorrectly answered more than 60 percent of queries about news sources."

"Perplexity provided incorrect information in 37 percent of the queries tested, whereas ChatGPT Search incorrectly identified 67 percent (134 out of 200) of articles queried. Grok 3 demonstrated the highest error rate, at 94 percent."

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-

The Trump administration has issued a global questionnaire that requires foreign researchers to say whether a project or institution promotes “American influence, trust and reputation”.

Trump's overreach knows no bounds.

afr.com/world/north-america/wh

Australian Financial Review · White House should stay out of Australian universitiesBy The AFR View
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Last week, Aix Marseille University in France offered funding to American scientists who feel like their work is being censored. It’s already seeing great interest from researchers at NASA, Yale and Stanford, and the program may extend through more universities across Europe. “We are witnessing a new brain drain,” Éric Berton, Aix Marseille University’s president, said in a press release. Here’s more from @emanuelmaiberg for @404mediaco

404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stan

404 Media · NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific Exile,' French University Says“We are witnessing a new brain drain.”

“I think it will be a gamechanger very broadly, not just for people in my field,” said senior study author James Liu, a group leader at Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus. “It was a tool developed to answer a very obscure question, but I think all biologists can use the technique in their favorite samples.”

#research #science #biotechnology #technology #RNA #proteins

labroots.com/trending/clinical

LabrootsCutting-Edge Tech Can ID RNA & Protein in Deep Tissues | Clinical And Molecular DxGenes have to be expressed in the right place, at the time, and at the right levels. Scientists wanted to know more about how the structure of DNA in cells | Clinical And Molecular Dx

Join us for the book launch of 'Transforming Development in Education: from coloniality to rethinking, reframing, and reimagining possibilities'.

A crucial time given the widespread changes to the global education and development architecture.

When: Tuesday, 18 March 2025 at 9 am EST | 3 pm CEST

norrag.org/book-launch-transfo

@academicchatter #AcademicChatter #Research #Education #Books

New #OpenAccess #research in JTLU: “How do subway stations encourage the vitality of urban consumption amenities in Shanghai: A perspective on agglomeration”

jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/articl

Authors Meixia Meng, Zihan Zeng, and Zhe Huo evaluate economic and social benefits of #subway stations, finding a positive relationship between proximity to a subway station and new investments in consumer-facing amenities, with a greater affect near stations with higher ridership.

The research includes policy implications for the spatial layout of subways and consumer amenities in large cities of developing countries.

jtlu.orgHow do subway stations encourage the vitality of urban consumption amenities in Shanghai: A perspective on agglomeration | Journal of Transport and Land Use<p>The Journal of Transport and Land Use is the leading international journal that publishes original interdisciplinary papers on the interaction of transport and land use. The Editors welcome original submissions across the globe and from a wide range of domains, including engineering, planning, modeling, behavior, economics, geography, regional science, sociology, architecture and design, network science, and complex systems.</p>

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I’ve officially completed my studies and want to share some insights from my thesis on user activity on Mastodon!

Using API data and a user survey, I analysed what drives user activity. Key findings were:

📌 Instance size & active engagement (tooting, interacting) are the strongest predictors of user activity.
📌 Governance structures & technical infrastructure play supportive but less decisive roles.

Here’s a graph with the correlation results from the user study: