AI tools boost individual scientists 3x but shrink science's collective scope, major study reveals
A groundbreaking analysis of over 41 million academic papers reveals a stark paradox: while artificial intelligence tools help scientists publish three times more papers and gain nearly five times more citations, they're simultaneously narrowing the breadth of scientific inquiry. The study, published in Nature, shows AI-driven research clusters around popular, data-rich problems, creating a tension between individual career advancement and collective scientific progress.