Generative AI is lowering the marginal cost of academic writing. A natural prediction is that this will allow more researchers to exercise scientific influence. This article argues that the effects are more complex. An output explosion amplifies the Matthew effect, concentrates reputational gains among established scholars, and contributes to the emergence of increasingly stratified publication...Read More
There were a number of decisions from October through December 2025, including: (1) FTC v. Meta, in which the court relied heavily on experimental field study research in concluding that Meta is not a monopolist; (2) Bakay et al. v. Apple, in which the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a putative consumer class action against...Read More
