Collection 20 November 2023

ChatGPT’s impact on careers in science

Generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT, are having a profound impact on how science is done. Here we explore the different ways these systems are impacting scientists’ working lives.

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‘Obviously ChatGPT’ — how reviewers accused me of scientific fraud

A journal reviewer accused Lizzie Wolkovich of using ChatGPT to write a manuscript. She hadn’t — but her paper was rejected anyway.
- E. M. Wolkovich
Career Column5 Feb 2024 Nature
In the AI science boom, beware: your results are only as good as your data

Machine-learning systems are voracious data consumers — but trustworthy results require more vetting both before and after publication.
- Hunter Moseley
Career Column1 Feb 2024 Nature
How an AI-powered lion became a teaching tool

The mascot for King’s College London helped Andrés Gvirtz to teach a class, with a little help from generative artificial intelligence.
- Andrés Gvirtz
Career Column22 Dec 2023 Nature
How robots can learn to follow a moral code

Ethical artificial intelligence aims to impart human values on machine-learning systems.
- Neil Savage
Outlook26 Oct 2023 Nature
AI could be an opportunity for research managers

The head of Europe’s main body for research-management professionals talks about the impact of artificial intelligence and the continued battle for recognition for those supporting scientists’ work.
- Simon Baker
Nature Index19 Oct 2023 Nature
How ChatGPT is transforming the postdoc experience

Around one in three respondents to Nature’s global postdoc survey are using AI chatbots to help to refine text, generate or edit code, wrangle the literature in their field and more.
- Linda Nordling
Career Feature16 Oct 2023 Nature
ChatGPT use shows that the grant-application system is broken

The fact that artificial intelligence can do much of the work makes a mockery of the process. It’s time to make it easier for scientists to ask for research funding.
- Juan Manuel Parrilla
Career Column13 Oct 2023 Nature
How to spice up your bioinformatics skill set with AI

Incorporating machine-learning tools into data analysis can accelerate discovery and free up valuable time.
- Rachael Pells
Career Guide4 Oct 2023 Nature
What’s the best chatbot for me? Researchers put LLMs through their paces

When it comes to large language models, there’s one for every occasion. Find the most appropriate match for you in our AI speed-dating feature.
- Elizabeth M. Humphries
- Carrie Wright
- Jeffrey T. Leek
Career Column27 Sep 2023 Nature
AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think

A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as well as excited, by the increasing use of artificial-intelligence tools in research.
- Richard Van Noorden
- Jeffrey M. Perkel
News Feature27 Sep 2023 Nature
A test of artificial intelligence

As debate rages over the abilities of modern AI systems, scientists are still struggling to effectively assess machine intelligence.
- Michael Eisenstein
Outlook14 Sep 2023 Nature
Four ways research aims to outwit cancer’s evasion tactics

From AI-enabled drug discovery to therapeutic vaccines, science is opening up fresh angles of attack against the disease.
- Michael Eisenstein
Nature Index6 Sep 2023 Nature
ChatGPT-like AIs are coming to major science search engines

The Scopus, Dimensions and Web of Science databases are introducing conversational AI search.
- Richard Van Noorden
News2 Aug 2023 Nature
Six tips for better coding with ChatGPT

Although powerful, the tools are not as intelligent as they seem. Use them with caution, computer scientists warn.
- Jeffrey M. Perkel
Technology Feature5 Jun 2023 Nature
Synthetic data could be better than real data

Machine-generated data sets have the potential to improve privacy and representation in artificial intelligence, if researchers can find the right balance between accuracy and fakery.
- Neil Savage
Outlook27 Apr 2023 Nature
How I use ChatGPT responsibly in my teaching

Large language models are here to stay. Here’s how I’m incorporating them, writes Hong Yang.
- Hong Yang
Career Column12 Apr 2023 Nature
Searching the web for science: how small mistakes create big problems

Typos, acronyms and authors’ names all present issues when trawling the literature. Can next-generation search engines do better?
- Jack Leeming
Nature Index6 Apr 2023 Nature
These tools help visually impaired scientists read data and journals

Innovative software and modes of presentation are helping to broaden access to the literature.
- Alla Katsnelson
Technology Feature6 Mar 2023 Nature
Why artificial intelligence needs to understand consequences

A machine with a grasp of cause and effect could learn more like a human, through imagination and regret.
- Neil Savage
Outlook24 Feb 2023 Nature
AI writing tools could hand scientists the ‘gift of time’

ChatGPT might not yet give us sparkling prose. But it can free scientists up to focus on more-stimulating writing tasks, says John Tregoning.
- John Tregoning
Career Column22 Feb 2023 Nature
What ChatGPT and generative AI mean for science

Researchers are excited but apprehensive about the latest advances in artificial intelligence.
- Chris Stokel-Walker
- Richard Van Noorden
News Feature6 Feb 2023 Nature
‘Arms race with automation’: professors fret about AI-generated coursework

Instructors are rethinking student assignments to tackle an anticipated surge in bogus essays, a Nature poll finds.
- Amanda Heidt
Technology Feature24 Jan 2023 Nature
ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove

At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
- Chris Stokel-Walker
News18 Jan 2023 Nature
AI system not yet ready to help peer reviewers assess research quality

Machine-learning tool needs to be more accurate before it can replace or aid human assessment in the UK Research Excellence Framework.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
Nature Index19 Dec 2022 Nature
AI bot ChatGPT writes smart essays — should professors worry?

The bot is free for now and can produce uncannily natural, well-referenced writing in response to homework questions.
- Chris Stokel-Walker
News Explainer9 Dec 2022 Nature
Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers?

OpenAI and DeepMind systems can now produce meaningful lines of code, but software engineers shouldn’t switch careers quite yet.
- Davide Castelvecchi
News8 Dec 2022 Nature
Could AI help you to write your next paper?

Large language models can draft abstracts or suggest research directions, but these artificial-intelligence tools are a work in progress.
- Matthew Hutson
Technology Feature31 Oct 2022 Nature
How language-generation AIs could transform science

Shobita Parthasarathy warns that software designed to summarize, translate and write like humans might exacerbate distrust in science.
- Richard Van Noorden
News Q&A28 Apr 2022 Nature
Robo-writers: the rise and risks of language-generating AI

A remarkable AI can write like humans — but with no understanding of what it’s saying.
- Matthew Hutson
News Feature3 Mar 2021 Nature

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