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AI bots are flooding researchers with requests for money and time

Researchers report being overwhelmed by automated AI-generated requests that demand funding, collaboration or their time, adding to existing workloads. The flood of bot-generated solicitations is straining academic workflows and raising concerns about how scientists can filter legitimate inquiries from machine-generated noise.

Why now: Growing concern that AI-driven automation is overloading scientists with automated solicitations and administrative burden.

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