Sidecar Sync
Sidecar Sync
Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias
How AI Is Changing Scientific Publishing with Dr. Jessica Miles | 136
42 minutes Posted May 28, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Meet Dr. Jessica Miles
Will AI Undermine Scholarly Publishing?
When AI Becomes the Reader
Crawlers, Paywalls, and the Back Door Problem
Crawl, Bulk Ingest, or Runtime Access?
What AI Licensing Deals Really Mean
Societies, Publishers, and Who Gets a Seat at the Table
AI’s Front-End and Back-End Impact on Research
Rethinking Metrics When Bots Read the Content
Why Humans Still Own Accountability
A 12-Month AI Strategy for Content-Heavy Organizations
Where to Follow Dr. Jessica Miles
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias welcomes Dr. Jessica Miles, founder of The Informed Frontier, former VP of Strategy and Investments at Holtzbrinck, and advisory board member for Johns Hopkins University Press, for a fascinating look at how AI is transforming publishing, research, and trusted content ecosystems. Jessica explains what happens when AI becomes a “reader” instead of just a writer or assistant, why associations and scientific societies may already b...