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Scientists will check the work for the first time by artificial intelligence (AI) and humans as part of a government-funded trial. The trial is being held at Sage Publishing and The Royal Society.
At the forefront of the initiative is the recently appointed Oxford Cumbridge Innovation Champion and British Minister of Science Lord Balance. Vallance is set to announce many new AI initiatives next Thursday.
To provide scientists with more time to focus on their research, AI is used for time-consuming tasks such as peer review.
Peer review is the process in which scientists read and evaluate the preliminary work of other researchers and ensure quality and accuracy before it is published.
“AI presents new opportunities in a variety of sectors. If researchers can demonstrate the potential to increase transparency, robustness and trust in science, this will drive them from the tasks of ordinary paperwork while driving growth. It could open up a way to release it,” Vallance told the Telegraph. .
£4.8 million has been invested in the project and is shared among 23 research projects dedicated to finding the scientific status of AI. This adds to £1.8 million from the US organised open charity efforts.
In his role as the champion of the Oxbridge Corridor, balance is necessary to report directly to the Prime Minister. In a conversation with The Telegraph, Vallance says he wants to replicate the success of the Vaccine Task Force (VTF). The VTF allowed private sector individuals to be integrated into Whitehall machines in 2020, allowing the government to procure, buy and distribute COVID vaccines as quickly as possible.
Vallance says he hopes Oxford, London and Cambridge will become “Europe’s Silicon Valley.”
The decision to test AI in a peer review task comes after Cambridge University records the first case of academic misconduct involving AI. Three cases of AI-related academic misconduct occurred between November 25, 2023 and November 24, 2024.
Last year, human social sciences (HSP) faculty members discarded online exams after concerns that “too many” students were using AI in their assessments.
Prior to this, HSPS faculty members published an open letter asking students to refuse to use AI because they threatened to “take you the opportunity to learn,” and said, “In the circumstances, It warns that text should not be generated. AI assist tools will be presented as your own work.”
