{
  "id": 9721802,
  "title": "AI Presents Science with a ‘Ship of Theseus’ Problem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/ai-presents-science-with-a-ship-of-theseus-problem",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Undark",
    "slug": "undark",
    "url": "https://undark.org/2026/09/25/opinion-ai-ship-of-theseus/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Opinion | AI is being integrated into every part of the scientific process, including education, publishing, and the research itself. What does it mean if every component of the enterprise gets replaced by AI tools over time? C. Brandon Ogbunu explores what happens when science gets stripped of human involvement.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}