{"slug": "scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool", "title": "Scientific papers become agentic chatbots with new tool", "summary": "A new tool turns scientific papers into agentic chatbots, according to The Register. The tool lets readers interact with research papers as conversational agents rather than static documents.", "body_md": "### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n- \n#### Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer productionIt might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it\n- \n#### Huawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom\n- \nai and ml #### AI model watermarking changes agent behaviorLasso Security sees differences in tool handling and model refusals\n- \nSYSTEMS #### Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenuesGPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns\n- \ncyber-crime #### Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attackData protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models\n\n### [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n- \nSecurity #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n- \nSecurity #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n- \nBlack Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n- \nSecurity #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n- \nMalware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n- \n#### Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom lineAcquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'\n- \n#### Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push\n- \n#### Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander LinuxDebian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin\n- \n#### Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next\n- \n#### Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot\n- \n#### Haiku OS rises / Beta 6 sails open web / Virtual winds fly fastA real alternative to running some kind of FOSS Unix clone", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/17/scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool/5297276", "published_at": "2026-09-17 16:42:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 23:23:45.429174+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["The Register"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scientific-papers-become-agentic-chatbots-with-new-tool.jsonld"}}