Unlocking Hidden Truths: Why Ignoring Scientific Content Could Cost Us Everything

This is often treated as a technical inconvenience. It is more than that. In research-driven environments, formatting problems can quickly become comprehension problems. And comprehension problems can become decision problems. If organisations want AI systems to operate dependably, they need to think more seriously about whether the content entering those systems is machine-usable while preserving its integrity.

The third issue is permissions.

In many organisations, access to scientific content is still conflated with the right to reuse it in AI systems. Those are not the same thing. Content may be publicly available for reading, reference, or accessible via specific subscriptions obtained by an organisation for its employees. However, access to view or to cite a work does not automatically include the rights needed to use the work in other ways, and depending on the intended use, additional licenses or permissions may be required. This includes the rights to input, summarise, or otherwise use works in connection with AI-related activities.

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