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Deep Research, Shallow Agency: What Academic Deep Research Can and Can't Do
The Agentic Illusion: Most Academic Deep Research runs fixed workflows and stumble when given unfamiliar literature review tasks that do not fit them.
Dec 8
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Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers - Wiley AI Gateway & PubMed - How Claude can now pilot test search strategies using PubMed
The Model Context Protocol may fundamentally change how AI tools access academic content. Rather than AI powered search engines building massive…
Nov 30
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Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era
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Nov 20
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A 2025 Deep Dive of Consensus: Promises and Pitfalls in AI-Powered Academic Search
The recent addition of Consensus Deep Search mode is a great boost to its retrieval capabilities. On top of that, it has one of the most appealing…
Nov 15
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ResearchRabbit’s 2025 Revamp: iterative chaining without the clutter
ResearchRabbit shipped its biggest update in years: a cleaner iterative “rabbit hole” flow, a more configurable citation graph, and an optional premium…
Nov 2
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“We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands - a Provocation
I might be exaggerating slightly, but if you look at the few new evaluation matrices for AI-powered search circulating, “relevancy” is often just one of…
Oct 23
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FORCE2026 in Singapore — Call for Proposals now open (extended 9 Nov 2025)
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Oct 19
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Implications of AI-powered academic search - Recorded Talk
Quick catch-up to what I have been writing and thinking about
Oct 9
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