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AI for Research February 18, 2026
AGI Won't Replace Researchers: Why Specialized AI Amplifies Human Expertise
The AGI hype cycle misses what researchers actually need. Specialized AI tools that respect domain expertise outperform general-purpose systems — and they keep humans in the driver's seat.
The Transparent Lab Team 9 min read
AI for Research February 18, 2026
The Reproducibility Crisis in Science: Can AI Help or Hurt?
P-hacking, failed replications, and questionable methods plague modern science. AI tools could make it worse — or help researchers catch what peer review misses.
The Transparent Lab Team 10 min read
AI for Research February 17, 2026
Why AI Assistants Hallucinate Citations (And How Evidence-Based RAG Fixes It)
Language models don't look up sources — they predict what a citation should look like. Here's why that's a problem for researchers, and how retrieval-augmented generation with chunk-level citations changes the equation.
The Transparent Lab Team 9 min read
Behind the Build February 10, 2026
Why We're Building Transparent Lab
Generic AI isn't built for science. We're building something that is.
The Transparent Lab Team 3 min read