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Over half of new astronomy papers use AI assistance, study finds

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A recent study indicates that over half of new astronomy papers are being co-authored with the assistance of language models. The research, highlighted on Mastodon, suggests a significant integration of AI tools in scientific writing. AI

IMPACT Indicates a growing trend of AI integration in scientific research and writing.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on a research paper analyzing the use of AI in scientific publications. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Over half of new astronomy papers use AI assistance, study finds

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Serat M. Saad, Yuan-Sen Ting ·

    More than half of recent astronomy papers are written with language-model assistance

    arXiv:2609.10664v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Language models leave a distinctive vocabulary in the prose they help write, and we measure how much of the astronomy literature now carries it. From the full text of 207,111 astro-ph papers spanning 2015 to mid-2026, we count tho…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    on # astroph "More than half of recent astronomy papers are written with language-model assistance" by Saad & Ting https:// arxiv.org/pdf/2609.10664 (tbh now I

    on # astroph "More than half of recent astronomy papers are written with language-model assistance" by Saad & Ting https:// arxiv.org/pdf/2609.10664 (tbh now I am doubting whether and article whose authors may read as "sad thing" can itself by written by # AI ...) # astrophysics …

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