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Scientific publishing stuck in PDFs

April 3, 2026Ethan Mollick

Ethan Mollick says the persistence of fully formatted PDFs and download-limited archives shows science is adapting slowly to AI’s potential to accelerate research.

“every scientific paper in 2026 is still uploaded only as fully formatted PDFs”
“tells you everything you need to know about how quickly the scientific system is adjusting to the potential of AI to accelerate science”
Ethan Mollick
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