Policy on the Use of AI-Generated Content

At Science Connected Magazine, our mission is to provide readers with clear, accurate, and original reporting on peer-reviewed, primary source scientific research. To uphold this commitment, we do not permit the use of AI-generated text or other AI-produced content in any of our articles.

Why we take this stance

  • Originality and Accuracy: Every article we publish must be the product of human authorship. This ensures we can fully attest to the provenance, originality, and factual accuracy of our reporting.
  • Copyright Protection: We must be able to claim copyright to the material we publish. Incorporating AI-generated content introduces uncertainty about originality and potential overlap with uncited or unattributable sources.
  • Integrity of Science Communication: Our writers engage directly with peer-reviewed, primary research. AI tools, by contrast, often remix or summarize secondary sources, which runs counter to our role as a trusted interpreter of scientific literature.
  • Research Reliability: We strongly discourage the use of AI tools for research or information-gathering purposes. These systems are prone to producing inaccurate, incomplete, or fabricated details. Our coverage depends on careful reading and interpretation of primary scientific sources, and we expect our writers to rely on those sources directly.

What this means in practice

  • The prohibition applies to all stages of writing: drafting, paraphrasing, summarizing, or otherwise generating article content.
  • Standard editorial tools (such as spelling, grammar, or formatting software) are permitted, provided they do not generate substantive content.

Our commitment to readers and writers

The reputation of Science Connected rests on trust. Our readers rely on us to deliver content whose origins, accuracy, and integrity are beyond question. By maintaining a strict prohibition on AI-generated content, and discouraging AI in the research process by our writers, we affirm our confidence in the expertise, judgment, and integrity of our writers. Their direct engagement with the scientific record is what makes our reporting both valuable and reliable.