Unbound Medicine adds AI-powered Assist tool to uCentral platform - April 30, 2025
Unbound Medicine has announced the introduction of Assist™ to its uCentral™ medical platform. Developed using Unbound Intelligence™, which integrates human expertise with artificial intelligence, the Assist tool provides customizable digital support for both clinicians and medical librarians. The feature is designed to facilitate the retrieval of clinical… Read More
PLS and ALCS to support development of UK’s first collective licence for generative AI use - April 24, 2025
Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) and the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) have confirmed their agreement to support the development of a new collective licence by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) for the use of text in generative AI applications. The… Read More
STM files amicus brief opposing Meta’s use of copyrighted content for AI training - April 23, 2025
STM, an international trade association for academic and professional publishers, has submitted an amicus brief in the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit, which challenges the use of copyrighted material in training generative AI systems. The brief states that Meta copied and distributed substantial volumes of copyrighted content obtained… Read More
O’Reilly announces AI Codecon virtual series on AI-assisted software development - April 23, 2025
O’Reilly, a technology learning platform, has introduced AI Codecon, a new virtual conference series focused on the role of artificial intelligence in shaping software development. The first event in the series, Coding with AI: The End of Software Development as We… Read More
STM opens consultation on draft framework for classifying AI use in manuscripts - April 21, 2025
STM, a global trade association for academic and professional publishers, has released a draft report titled 'Recommendations for a Classification of AI Use in Academic Manuscript Preparation', developed by its Task & Finish Group on AI Labelling Terminology. The draft is now open for… Read More
ProQuest launches AI-powered Ebook Central Research Assistant - April 17, 2025
ProQuest, part of Clarivate, has introduced the Ebook Central Research Assistant, a new AI tool designed to enhance user engagement with scholarly ebooks. Integrated into the Ebook Central platform, the tool supports academic research by surfacing key insights, clarifying complex concepts,… Read More
APSA and Unbound Medicine launch Augmented Pediatric Surgical Intelligence™ - April 16, 2025
The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Unbound Medicine have launched Augmented Pediatric Surgical Intelligence™ (APSI), a new AI technology integrated into APSA’s Pediatric Surgery Digital Library. APSI enhances APSA's authoritative surgical content by combining it with Unbound Medicine's advanced AI-driven digital publishing platform… Read More
Japan Academic Association for Copyright Clearance and RightsDirect Japan announce AI Re-Use Rights for Digital Copyright License - April 11, 2025
The Japan Academic Association for Copyright Clearance (JAC), in partnership with RightsDirect Japan, a subsidiary of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) re-use rights within the Digital Copyright License (DCL). This enterprise-wide content licensing… Read More
Cengage to launch AI-powered insights dashboard to support personalized learning and faculty instruction - April 10, 2025
Cengage, the higher education division of Cengage Group, has announced the upcoming launch of AI-driven insights within its faculty dashboard, set for release in fall 2025. The new functionality will be powered by anonymized, real-time data from the Cengage Student Assistant and aims to… Read More
Unbound Medicine launches AI-powered Assist™ on Nursing Central to enhance education efficiency and personalization - April 10, 2025
Unbound Medicine has announced the full rollout of Assist™, an AI-powered feature integrated into the Nursing Central platform. Developed through the company’s proprietary Unbound Intelligence™ (UBI) technology, Assist is designed to improve efficiency for nurse educators and enable more tailored, engaging learning experiences for students. Built on… Read More
