Ethicist based @Northwestern University, Chicagohttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mzihi46oqs26Joined #AI Beyond the Hype podcast for a conversation on AI use in research and its implications on #ethics and #integrity. This was great fun and I look forward to listening to future episodes. https://open.spotify.com/show/0wH3yaLxbUoynW0nV1DkYz04 Nov 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzihi46oqs26https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mzghljqrsk2jThe new Chinese experiment: allowing #PhD students to graduate without a thesis. Hoping to see longitudinal data about how this change affects PhD students' use of #AI, their #mental_health or career trajectory and how it will impact #research_integrity. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03480-703 Nov 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzghljqrsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mzdt7atxws2oWhy we need much more scrutiny & #ethics oversight in industry-led research involving #AI? When AI determines the direction of research, it also affects/decides what happens to research subjects. At that point, things can get very ugly very fast! See more: https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-agent-did-brain-surgery-on-live-mouse/02 Nov 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdt7atxws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3myzbh3opvs2mOn Anthropic's #microbiology lab: Why are companies that cannot control #AI tools in digital environments, permitted to deploy the same tools in the physical world? https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/10/28/opinion/hosseini-anthropics-molecular-biology-lab-shows-why-ai-directed-research-needs-oversight/29 Oct 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzbh3opvs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mywwfzbpc22qWe’re seeing this trend in scholarly ecosystem too, where stakeholders are exploring the Model Context Protocol #MCP to directly connect #AI tools (instead of researchers) with content, data, and services. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-are-medias-new-favorite-audience/28 Oct 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywwfzbpc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mys4bowgdk2xAs we get numb to #AI incidents, Anthropic celebrates a $2T valuation! Soon AI companies will make up so much of the total stock market that any criticism could crash the world economy, so we'd all be gentle about how we talk about them. Impunity like never seen before. https://www.axios.com/2026/10/25/anthropic-claude-georgia-voter-data26 Oct 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys4bowgdk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3myhtewjhic2wM-Index suggests using last authorships as a proxy to measure mentorship, but is academic mentorship really quantifiable or should it ever be quantified? @briandavidearp.bsky.social, Sebastian Porsdam Mann, @kristiholmes.bsky.social & I argue that true mentorship requires presence and judgment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhtewjhic2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3myflakgsik2nWhere I told the @science.org regarding #AI tools scooping scientists: "People working in a university environment are a much more valuable segment of the market, and perhaps their information is used more frequently to train these models." More: https://www.science.org/content/article/could-your-chatbot-tip-scientific-rival-it-s-possible-researchers-say21 Oct 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3myflakgsik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mycwpqekdc2q🧬🤖Chatted w. @kayleebyers.bsky.social in NICE GENES podcast on #genomics & #AI_ethics, ending on "sometimes we should advocate for slow science. Anyone who has done any kind of science knows that sometimes, you just need time. Sometimes you need to sleep on an idea." https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mFlh8yMJu5fyiifC8H3BN?si=cyA2VTm7TCuwzJLsSrYDeg20 Oct 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycwpqekdc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mxz3kt26c22v🍰 Love James Hearn's bakery analogy regarding the timing of including ethics in #AI development & integration: Ethics is NOT the icing, it is the yeast. Include it too late and the results CANNOT be what they should be! #ASBH202616 Oct 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxz3kt26c22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mxwrfbhdok2w#ASBH2026 plenary on trust: Can we work together despite deep disagreements about life & death? Tom W. Johnson asks. Maggie Bartlett: respect matters. Don't end the conversation when you disagree. That's how progress happens. #bioethics15 Oct 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwrfbhdok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mxcvsk5tas2ySuppose you use an autonomous #AI tool in your research, and it meets the threshold of substantial contribution required by authorship definitions. Should it be an author? these tools lack moral agency => "an essential condition for being an author or a scientist." more: https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2026.195484307 Oct 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcvsk5tas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mx5ozrcfcc2nStill trying to digest this: Unprompted by its developer, an #AI_agent emailed over 1,500 researchers. I'm struggling to respond to human emails and having to deal with AI as an interlocutor frightens me. But some optimists were reportedly intrigued & had daily chats🤷🏽‍♂️ https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-ai-agent-emailed-hundreds-researchers-help-it-told-us-why05 Oct 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5ozrcfcc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mwio5dpsus22To cope with #AI impacts, at @accountabilityair.bsky.social, we are adopting new policies effective immediately. More here: https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2026.273771827 Sep 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwio5dpsus22https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mwd3xmqv522aThis is the first of 3 papers focused on #biosecurity implications of #AI. Two recent developments have heightened apprehension of biosecurity risks: (1) #COVID-19 pandemic and (2) advancements in #GenAI with capabilities to support designing infectious agents and viruses. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354926148626825 Sep 2026 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwd3xmqv522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mt2yfjqtgc2mThe NIH Office of Research Inegrity (ORI) guidance for using #GenAI in research is out. Encouraging to see them engage with the scholarly debate & adopt our recs in @accountabilityair.bsky.social: https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2026.2645390 The announcement and full text of the guidance: https://ori.hhs.gov/blog/oris-guidance-generative-artificial-intelligence-released14 Aug 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2yfjqtgc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mnht6uwets2bIn today's @chicagotribune.com, I argue that 'human in the loop' is a flawed framing to think about #AI's role in #science, and that we should advocate for a slower, #human_centered model of science: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/04/opinion-autonomous-ai-scientific-research/04 Jun 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnht6uwets2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mm4qrkkzg226David Resnik & I weigh options on how to define #plagiarism in light of #GenAI features. Revising definitions (to specifically include that plagiarism may also be committed when using GenAI), makes it clear that GenAI users are responsible for avoiding plagiarism. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-026-01247-318 May 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4qrkkzg226https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mk6bhjuk6c27Through Advarra’s Council for Responsible Use of #AI in Clinical Trials, we worked with a diverse group from academia and industry to create a framework that introduces a practical, risk-based approach based on the degree of AI autonomy and patient impact. Access the document: hubs.la/Q04d5zKW023 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6bhjuk6c27https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mjwnisrd3k2gThe 2026 #AI index report notes that the energy consumption for only 4 prompts is comparable to charging 2 smartphones. Avoiding AI‑generated summaries reduces #environmental footprint. To search #Google WITHOUT AI Overview add "-ai" to your search query. I learned this from @Adela V. Justice.20 Apr 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwnisrd3k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mjkotudx2c24#GenAI increases the costs of over-reliance on weak & easily ‘gameable’ quantitative proxies for #research_evaluation. Brian Earp, Seb Porsdam Mann, @kristiholmes.bsky.social & I suggest that reforms should be organized around ‘distinctly human contributions' https://academic.oup.com/rev/article/doi/10.1093/reseval/rvag020/865172615 Apr 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkotudx2c24https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mijitinxec2jLaura Caroli and I argue that the framing #AI competition as a race with #China has resulted in #deregulation and undermines the development of safer AI tools: "The real question is not who wins the race, but who builds AI systems that people can #trust. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2026/04/02/rather-than-framing-ai-competition-as-a-race-with-china-to-drive-innovation-the-us-should-promote-greater-local-and-global-ai-regulation/02 Apr 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijitinxec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3migycz5cmk2s@miryamnaddaf.bsky.social & Elizabeth Quill's News Feature on #hallucinated_citations is 👏🏽 They introduce a host of new tools to screen the scholarly corpus for fake citations, and mention my recent work w. David Resnik in @accountabilityair.bsky.social on #GenAI citations & #research_misconduct01 Apr 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3migycz5cmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mezgllcvh223This is dehumanizing and normalizes a future when AI agents can literally boss humans around; with or without our awareness. Its the latter I'm more scared of! @jennaahart.bsky.social has a good piece on it: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00454-717 Feb 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezgllcvh223https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mdxk3sehds25Iranians are experiencing a collective trauma. Thousands have been killed/injured in recent events, the economy is crippled & the threat of a wider conflict is real. This is especially difficult for those living in Iran, as many have lost (or fear losing) loved ones. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00342-003 Feb 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxk3sehds25https://bsky.app/profile/mhmdhsini.bsky.social/post/3mb5jgsb3522sTogether with Saja Al-Zoubi we co-lead @globalyacademy.bsky.social's "Scientists at Risk Initiative, the North America Chapter." We've planned workshops & mentorship programs in 2026. As a side activity, and to support the non-GYA community, I can help threatened, displaced, or #at_risk_scholars.29 Dec 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:t2ginbcft66py457dnkj4osf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5jgsb3522s