U.K. funder reportedly uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals

Science reports that a U.K. funder used ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals, leaving researchers dismayed. The AI-based assessment was not explicitly described in the funding call, raising privacy and fairness concerns. NewsfromScience also shared a quote from someone who says they don’t use generative AI to write grants or papers and don’t want it reading their work.