AI generated image Every profession has its own measure of success. A lawyer wins a case. An entrepreneur builds a company. An athlete breaks a record. A scientist, however, succeeds in a rather unusual way. A scientist succeeds by becoming less certain. That may sound paradoxical. Yet the history of science is nothing but a history of changing minds. The Earth ceased to be the center of the universe. Diseases stopped being blamed on bad air. Ulcers were no longer attributed

Two recent developments in scientific publishing should worry us. In one case, AI-generated inputs were found in peer review, leading to the rejection of papers. In another, an AI-written paper successfully passed peer review. Together, these highlight a deeper shift in how science is now created and assessed. For the first time, AI is not just aiding science on the fringes. It is now involved in the entire scientific process, from writing to evaluation. There is a fundamenta