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Generative 'AI' in citizen science: the iNaturalist backlash

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A couple of days ago, iNaturalist – a citizen science project/platform for observations of living beings in the natural world – announced that they were going to be part of a grant/program of Google to implement generative ‘AI’ (or “GenAI”1) into their tooling. Since then, many users of...

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5h ago

From nature.com

Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data - Scientific Reports

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In an age of species declines, delineating and discovering biodiversity is critical for both taxonomic accuracy and conservation. In recent years, there has been a movement away from using exclusively morphological characters to delineate and describe taxa and an increase in the use of molecular...

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From nhm.ac.uk

BUMBLE BEES

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Bumble bees of the world

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From researchgate.net

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237283804_Gradual_evolution_of_male_genitalia_in_a_sibling_species_complex_of_millipedes_Diplopoda_Spirobolida_Rhinocricidae_Anadenobolus

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Kalidasa albiflos - Wikipedia

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From inaturalist.org

Kalidasa albiflos

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Kalidasa albiflos from India, Kerala, Idukki District, Pambumkayam village, the Mankulam Ar River left bank at the bridge on June 10, 2024 at 09:12 AM by Oleg Kosterin

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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Osprey from Portland, ME 04106, USA on June 10, 2024 at 12:21 PM by Bob Miller. Pair on nest platform.

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Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites)

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Grey Pansy from Bukit Batok, Singapore on January 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM by Soh Kam Yung