MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery

MIT's article is quite scant on details. WSJ has more information, but still no specifics: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-beh...

> The paper was championed by MIT economists Daron Acemoglu, who won the 2024 economics Nobel, and David Autor. The two said they were approached in January by a computer scientist with experience in materials science who questioned how the technology worked, and how a lab that he wasn’t aware of had experienced gains in innovation. Unable to resolve those concerns, they brought it to the attention of MIT, which began conducting a review.

This is inaccurate pedantry. It is commonly referred to as the nobel prize in economics and administered by the same foundation, the funding for it is a gift to the foundation from the Swedish central bank instead of being sourced from Nobel's estate.

yeah, but also "Nobel accuses the awarding institution of misusing his family's name, and states that no member of the Nobel family has ever had the intention of establishing a prize in economics." It's hijacking of the brand.