The vast troves of health data generated during everyday medical care should be treated like essential public infrastructure—governed as a regulated utility rather than left fragmented across private silos, argue the authors of a new #SciencePolicyForum. https://scim.ag/4btOrfm
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers discuss the need for expanded—yet tailored and flexible—governance for the biological data used to develop powerful #AI models. scim.ag/4caOihF
"AI swarms are … equipped to exploit this by engineering a synthetic consensus …" Schroeder et al.
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers discuss the risks of malicious “#AI swarms,” which enable a new class of large-scale, coordinated disinformation campaigns that pose significant risks to democracy. https://scim.ag/49FIhrM
Our latest paper in @science.org warns about malicious AI swarms, agents capable of adaptive influence campaigns at scale. We already observed some in the wild (picture). AI is a real threat to democracy.
#SciencePolicyForum #ScienceResearch 🧪
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In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers review the growing ethical and social concerns related to advances in organoid and assembloid research and call for international collaboration and oversight to monitor and advise this rapidly developing field. https://scim.ag/47KMGY2
"Whereas cocaine’s 165-year history is marked by health risks and social disruption, the use of coca leaf has played a positive role in Andean and Amazonian societies …" White et al.
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers argue that international drug policy must distinguish between the coca leaf—a sacred plant long cultivated in South America—and its purified chemical derivative, cocaine. https://scim.ag/3WNrR9j
"A databank of this type and magnitude requires heightened protection for privacy and security." - Ram et al.
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers investigate the concerning gaps in robust regulatory protection on direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens.
Read more: https://scim.ag/42s9PNa
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers review the rapidly growing use of drone technology in agricultural applications and the important, yet understudied, benefits and trade-offs involved. https://scim.ag/4gnuHea
Quote stating "The effective governance of AI is a grand challenge for the 21st century," attributed to Bommasani et al., #SciencePolicyForum
Successful #AI policy must be grounded in solid evidence and scientific understanding rather than hype or political expediency, argue the authors of a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/3Ucv9ly
Turkeys are highly susceptible to avian influenza, and high stocking density contributes to rapid transmission within flocks once the virus is introduced.
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers argue that the recent proposal to permit the uncontrolled spread of highly pathogenic avian influence among U.S. poultry to identify birds that survive infection is dangerous and unethical. scim.ag/4nC6JPI
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers present an empirical evaluation of the quality of pre-clinical vetting and disclosures in recent AI-derived drug patents. scim.ag/4kq0AEp
Overall, although differences in issues partisans work on may drive some of the observed differences in the sets of science that partisans cite, our results demonstrate that these differences alone do not fully account for the partisan differences in either content or volume of science cited in policy. Another explanation is that policy-makers are citing different science because they hold different positions on the same issues. The lack of overlap in the science they cite, however, implies that politicians and ideological think tanks are not considering all the relevant science to a particular policy. Evidence-based policy-making in its idealized form synthesizes all relevant arguments and evidence (1, 3). By contrast, our analysis suggests that committees in Congress and ideological think tanks do not appear to create these broad syntheses, instead focusing on different sets of impacts for the same policy, and citing substantively different sets of science when working on the same policy issue. The observed partisan disparities hence may not necessarily reflect a different willingness to engage with science, but instead may reflect their differing priorities, goals, or stances within issues
#SciencePolicyForum Partisan disparities in the use of science in policy
Documents from 🇺🇸Congress and think tanks reflect differences in how #science is cited
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Cependant, selon les chercheurs d'un nouveau #SciencePolicyForum, une analyse plus approfondie des acteurs de ce marché révèle une situation très inégale. Pour en savoir plus : scim.ag/42E9S89
Over the past 30 years, global trade in low-carbon technologies—like electric vehicles—has grown exponentially.
However, according to researchers in a new #SciencePolicyForum, a deeper look into who’s participating in this market reveals a very uneven picture. scim.ag/4jJ5kEh
"The system proposed by NIH cannot accomplish its stated goal of cutting costs while maintaining a high-quality national research system." - Choi et al.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health’s recent decision to impose a 15% cap on facilities and administrative cost reimbursements is misguided and damaging, argue the authors of a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/423AbVX
"The system proposed by NIH cannot accomplish its stated goal of cutting costs while maintaining a high-quality national research system." - Choi et al.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health’s recent decision to impose a 15% cap on facilities and administrative cost reimbursements is misguided and damaging, argue the authors of a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/423AbVX
In a #SciencePolicyForum reflecting on the legacy of the 1975 #AsilomarConference, Benjamin Hurlbut argues the time has come for a “second enlightenment,” one that reimagines science's place within democratic governance.
Learn more: scim.ag/3WJ9ZwV
Maxine Singer, Norton Zinder, Sydney Brenner, and Paul Berg participated in the Asilomar Conference, February 1975.
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, Benjamin Hurlbut discusses the legacy of the 1975 #AsilomarConference and its long-lasting implications on science and democracy.
Learn more: scim.ag/3WJ9ZwV
Despite harboring nearly a quarter of all species on Earth, soils and the diverse life within them are almost always overlooked in conservation policies.
A #SciencePolicyForum argues that they require explicit consideration and protections. https://scim.ag/3ZlKKRK #WorldSoilDay
We probe two plausible explanations: 1) attribution bias, 2) the inventorship standard in patent law, which excludes non-conceptualizers. If attribution bias is the problem, paying more attention to inventor listings may help. #SciencePolicyForum
