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Peer-reviewedCC BYPLOS Global Public Health

Who sifts? Knowledge as a public good in the age of AI

  • Kent Buse1,2
  • Sarah Hawkes1,2
  1. 1Global 50/50, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  2. 2Monash University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Abstract

The institutions that turned information into evidence for public policy decisions are being defunded and discredited just as generative AI floods them with fluent, unsourced text. Sifting what is known from what is claimed is now a core responsibility for public health institutions.

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@article{buse2026sifts,
  title = {{Who sifts? Knowledge as a public good in the age of AI}},
  author = {Kent Buse and Sarah Hawkes},
  journal = {PLOS Global Public Health},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pgph.0007381},
  url = {https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0007381},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Who sifts? Knowledge as a public good in the age of AI
AU  - Kent Buse
AU  - Sarah Hawkes
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/21
JO  - PLOS Global Public Health
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pgph.0007381
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0007381
AB  - The institutions that turned information into evidence for public policy decisions are being defunded and discredited just as generative AI floods them with fluent, unsourced text. Sifting what is known from what is claimed is now a core responsibility for public health institutions.
SN  - 2767-3375
ER  -