Hacker News with Generative AI: Academic Research

Can Google Scholar survive the AI revolution? (nature.com)
Google Scholar — the largest and most comprehensive scholarly search engine — turns 20 this week. Over its two decades, some researchers say, the tool has become one of the most important in science. But in recent years, competitors that use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the search experience have emerged, as have others that allow users to download their data.
Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software (theregister.com)
An academic journal has retracted two papers because it determined their authors used unlicensed software.
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study suggests (psypost.org)
A recent study published in PS: Political Science & Politics examined the impact of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, now known as “X,” on academic engagement with the platform.
The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from Leiden University (universiteitleiden.nl)
Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Archive will be taking over this collection.
Searching 32M academic papers for obscene acronyms hidden in the titles (2022) (robmanuelfuckyeah.substack.com)
Running the confessions account @fesshole a confession came which I thought was worth a bit of an investigation.
Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War: A Dossier (2014) (open.bu.edu)
Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera Data Set for Academic Use (activision.com)
The Birth of Standard Error (2013) (aueb.gr)
Grievance Studies Affair (wikipedia.org)