Tech bills of the week: AI science challenge; protecting copyright content; and more
A bill would direct the National Science Foundation to run prize competitions to advance AI research across multiple policy areas, including a mandated cancer-detection challenge.
Cuts to government funding push researchers toward billionaire and private funding, offering resources and freedom but creating risks from narrow priorities and donor motivations.
Major Academic Press Calls for "Publish or Perish" Reform
Urgent, sector-wide reform of academic publishing incentives is necessary to prevent systemic collapse and reduce research fraud, paper mills, and reviewer overload.