AI is eating the academic publishing industry alive, but some good might come of it

[Ina Smith]

Dear all,

In case you have missed it, and are interested.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-05-28-ai-is-eating-the-academic-publishing-industry-alive-but-some-good-might-come-of-it/

By Sioux McKenna

McKenna argues that AI is “eating” academic publishing because the system had already turned knowledge into a commodity and scholarship into a numbers game - but the crisis may create an opportunity to rebuild publishing around openness, equity, quality and genuine intellectual exchange.

Ina Smith

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