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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/
4•JumpCrisscross•1h ago

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jruohonen•1h ago
Tell me about it. But the grand question is: what to do about it? I'd suppose we'll see something similar to other domains (such as open source), including more rigorous PGP-style trust chains. ORCID is already getting there.
JumpCrisscross•1h ago
> what to do about it?

For starters, researchers who publish AI-generated work without disclosure should be barred from federal grants for N years. The institution they’re at should face penalties for the number of these researchers in their employ. This lets us at least label American universities as a safe source of research.

Taking walks to help reduce stress and increase creativity

https://ovidem.com/blog/benefits-of-walking/
1•ovidem•1m ago•0 comments

A Green 'Monster' Hides on a Quiet London Street

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/realestate/a-green-monster-hides-on-a-quiet-london-street.html
1•tintinnabula•1m ago•0 comments

Smart ring maker Oura to plan tender offer at 25 discount

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/smart-ring-maker-oura-said-to-plan-tender-offe...
1•htrp•1m ago•0 comments

Ezh: A 21KB TypeScript-only front end framework (Demo: online Splendor game)

https://splendor.ezh.dev/
1•foreverflying•1m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Specli – compile any OpenAPI spec to an agent optimized executable

https://github.com/AndrewBarba/specli
1•andrewbarba•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: PR Slop Stopper

https://github.com/vmazi/pr-slop-stopper
1•vmazi•2m ago•0 comments

Are You Carrying Technical Debt Without Realizing It?

https://www.techneedsolutions.com/insights/are-you-carrying-technical-debt-without-realizing-it
1•ramzez•3m ago•0 comments

How we protected MEGA Pass against clickjacking attacks

https://blog.mega.io/how-we-protected-mega-pass-against-clickjacking-attacks
2•dotcoma•5m ago•0 comments

Mass Immigration: All Arguments Ranked and Debunked [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVuL-QpvQs
1•joe_mamba•6m ago•0 comments

Tracking AI's Contribution to GDP Growth

https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2026/jan/tracking-ai-contribution-gdp-growth
1•giuliomagnifico•6m ago•0 comments

Make It Right

https://www.stephenlewis.me/blog/make-it-right/
1•monooso•6m ago•0 comments

Mediaite Starts a Newsletter to Summarize Media Newsletters

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/business/media/mediaite-media-newsletter.html
1•bookofjoe•6m ago•1 comments

Invisible Modes on Steam and Discord Are Useless

2•xmrcat•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN

1•ZJPhillips•8m ago•0 comments

My local news site redirects you to a third party website for ad blockers

https://www.clintmcmahon.com/Blog/ad-blocker-redirect-kstp
1•speckx•10m ago•0 comments

Fighter Mafia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_Mafia
1•azhenley•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A memory learning layer for AI agents to learn on the job

https://www.versanovatech.com
5•gauravsc•12m ago•1 comments

The First 30 Seconds Now Decide Everything on YouTube – YouTube Algorithm 2026

https://fluxzap.com/the-first-30-seconds-now-decide-everything-on-youtube-youtube-algorithm-2026/
1•taimurkazmi•14m ago•0 comments

Malan Chat, a full immersion language learning app for 62 languages

3•sam_osterfeld•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: NetHackPlayer – Have Claude Play NetHack

https://github.com/pj4533/NetHackPlayer
1•pj4533•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Segre – Safe CLI to organize messy folders by type or date

https://www.npmjs.com/package/segre
1•shubhampawade•17m ago•0 comments

The Data Center as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines, Edition 4

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/The_Data_Center_as_a_Computer_Designing_Warehouse_?id...
1•tanelpoder•20m ago•1 comments

Google won't stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI

https://www.theverge.com/tech/865168/google-says-ai-news-headlines-are-feature-not-experiment
2•cdrnsf•21m ago•0 comments

Grok floods X with sexualized images of women and children

https://counterhate.com/research/grok-floods-x-with-sexualized-images/
3•taimurkazmi•23m ago•1 comments

Parents might age faster or slower based on how many kids they have

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/parents-might-age-faster-or-slower-based-on-how-many-k...
1•Brajeshwar•23m ago•2 comments

Plant Produces Plump, Fake Berries to Trick Birds into Spreading Its Offspring

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-plant-produces-plump-fake-berries-to-trick-birds-i...
2•Brajeshwar•23m ago•0 comments

We Have No Idea How to Code. So We Got Claude to Code This Article for Us

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-vibe-coding-experiment-a4a3bb0f
1•stefap2•25m ago•0 comments

Drug capable of reversing spinal cord injuries is in the clinical trial

https://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/news/546
1•dlojudice•25m ago•1 comments

Maybe my own RSS Reader could be useful for you too

https://www.whileforloop.com/en/blog/2026/01/23/feedy-rss-reader-for-e-ink/
2•lukas346•26m ago•1 comments

Best Hacker News videos normalized by number of HN users

https://sql.clickhouse.com?query=V0lUSCB5ZWFybHlfdXNlcnMgQVMgKAogICAgU0VMRUNUCiAgICAgICAgdG9ZZWFy...
1•eamag•27m ago•0 comments