'Responding to the Threat of Zero-Click Search and AI Summaries: How Do We

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CAS launches CAS Newton℠, agentic AI tool for scientific discovery

CAS launching an agentic AI system is significant on multiple fronts: CAS is one of the most authoritative chemistry/science literature databases in existence, and their move into agentic AI signals that the major scholarly infrastructure players are now building tools that autonomously reason ac...

Clarivate AI50 Report Highlights Global Leaders in AI Invention

Clarivate — whose Web of Science and citation analytics sit at the heart of scholarly publishing infrastructure — publishing an AI invention rankings report is notable on two levels: it demonstrates their expanding role as an AI intelligence provider, and the underlying data (patent + citation an...

ARL and CNI Report Explores Strategic AI Futures for Research Libraries

ARL and CNI — two of the most influential library consortia in North America — have jointly released a strategic scenario planning report on AI's future impact on research libraries.

Scholarly Society Sustainability in an Unstable Publishing World: Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Robert Harington surveys the current landscape for society publishers — buffeted by AI disruption, open access mandates, research integrity crises, and operational pressures — and finds reasons for cautious optimism.

Springer Nature Announces Excellent FY 2025 Results

Springer Nature's FY 2025 results show 6.2% revenue growth and 9.2% profit growth, with AI deployment explicitly cited as a key growth driver.

Darryll Colthrust to Keynote AI@Media Conference Next Week

Macmillan Publishers named its first-ever Chief Technology Officer and he'll keynote the AI@Media conference — a signal of how seriously major publishing houses are now institutionalizing AI strategy at the C-suite level.

Emerald Publishing and PRME announce collaboration to launch two new journals including Artificial Intelligence and Responsible Management

A new peer-reviewed journal specifically at the intersection of AI and responsible business management is notable as a signal that the academic publishing infrastructure is formalizing around AI ethics as a distinct discipline.

AI Readiness and the New Value Equation in Scholarly Publishing

A Scholarly Kitchen guest post laying out a strategic framework for how scholarly publishers can prepare for the AI era.

From 'AI helps me write' to 'AI runs the workflow': Eight Tech-trend Reports through a Publishing-and-learning Lens

The frame shift from "AI as tool" to "AI as infrastructure" is the most important strategic concept in publishing right now, and this piece synthesizes it across eight major industry reports — a useful meta-analysis.

Responding to the Threat of Zero-Click Search and AI Summaries: How Do We Tame The Crocodile?

"Zero-click" is the defining threat of 2026: users getting answers from AI summaries without ever visiting the source.

The Content Deal Your Publisher Didn't Announce

Buried in Springer Nature's FY 2025 earnings release — between the headline revenue figure of €1.93 billion and the obligatory paragraph about open access growth — was a three-letter