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Who sifts? Knowledge as a public good in the age of AI

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  • Kent Buse
  • Sarah Hawkes

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The institutions that turned information into evidence for public policy decisions are being defunded and discredited just as generative AI floods them with fluent, unsourced text. Sifting what is known from what is claimed is now a core responsibility for public health institutions.

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  • Kent Buse & Sarah Hawkes, 2026. "Who sifts? Knowledge as a public good in the age of AI," PLOS Global Public Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(10), pages 1-4, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pgph00:0007381
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0007381
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