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Kudos Rolls Out the Phase I Results From Its AI-and-Research Study
Kudos published the findings from Phase I of its project Taming the Crocodile, which “reveals that AI has already captured a third of scholarly information-seeking, with many researchers unaware of the extent to which their view of the scientific literature is now AI-mediated.” In addition, “40% wrongly think AI overviews generated on the fly in search engines have been created or curated by a human.” And “[l]ibrarians are noticing the effect of AI discovery on usage of primary sources and are more likely to have seen this as a negative effect (drop in usage rather than increase). While they agree that a decline in usage doesn’t mean a decline in value, usage metrics are still driving purchasing behaviours.”The Phase I report offers “guidance on optimizing content for AI; Phase II of the study will work with the sector to develop best practice around schema and mark up for AI optimization,” Kudos shares. Interested parties can purchase the report alone or as part of a package that includes participation in Phase II. For more information, read the blog post.
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