Stories that last a little longer than the headline.

All pieces in one place. Sorted by section, open to a quick overview and long enough for a calm read.

7 articles

On Stage · 3 min read

The Demo and the Tuesday

Almost every demo of an AI system shows the same cutout: the successful run. That isn’t fraud, it’s a format. You just should know what it leaves out.01

The Long View · 2 min read

Who's Actually Leading Whom?

AI is often described as a tool. The word is convenient because it leaves responsibility where it always was. In agentic systems, that no longer holds.02

From Science · 5 min read

Benchmark Performance ≠ Bedside Performance

An AI model diagnoses with 87% accuracy, and it can still be dangerous in the clinic. Why study numbers don’t tell us what we want to hear, and what counts instead.03

The Long View · 4 min read

Deskilling: What We Unlearn When AI Always Has an Answer

A study in Nature Human Behaviour shows: the longer people interact with AI, the stronger their cognitive biases become, and they don’t notice. What that means for research, medicine, and anyone who works with AI today.04

Glass Lab · 7 min read

AI for Researchers: The Honest Guide

No hype, no panic. What AI can actually do in everyday research (literature work, data analysis, writing) and where to stop delegating before it has consequences.05

From Science · 4 min read

37 Percent of AI Citations Don't Exist

Oscar works in peer review at a medical journal. What he now sees there: submissions whose references lead nowhere, author names that are wrong, titles that were pulled out of thin air. A survey of a silent crisis.06

From Science · 5 min read

Validation Is No Longer Enough

A scalpel sits on a shelf until someone needs it. An AI model keeps learning, drifts, adapts, and in doing so falls through every grid built for static medical devices. Why the EU approval system has to be fundamentally rethought for adaptive AI.07

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