Scientists Using LLMs Will ‘Do More, Less Well’, Modelling Study Predicts

Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02397-5Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.

How LLMs Are Becoming Research Co-Pilots for Federal Medical Scientists

With the growing volume of medical research, keeping up to date on recent findings can be challenging. The number of cancer-related publications listed in the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed citation database, for instance, has more than doubled since 2005, according to news platform OncoDaily. To help researchers sift through this vast pool of data, some federal agencies are employing large language model (LLM) functionality. This include…