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AI2 Asta citation system shows instability in research assistant

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A study examined the citation system of the AI2 Asta scholarly research assistant. Researchers found that Asta exhibits high citation intensity, moderate diversity in its bibliographic references, and significant instability when queries are repeated. These findings were based on 10 domain-specific queries and two rounds of data collection. AI

IMPACT This analysis of AI2 Asta's citation system highlights potential issues with stability and diversity in scholarly research tools.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper analyzing an AI tool's performance. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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AI2 Asta citation system shows instability in research assistant

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

    "Unraveling the Ai2 Asta Scholarly Research Assistant Citation System" 10 domain-specific queries were submitted to Asta's Summarise Literature feature, & 2 ind

    "Unraveling the Ai2 Asta Scholarly Research Assistant Citation System" 10 domain-specific queries were submitted to Asta's Summarise Literature feature, & 2 independent rounds of data collection were conducted. The findings of this study indicate that Ai2 Asta’s citation system d…

    LINKS arxiv.org/…/2606.08301

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