Ubik Studio

After interviewing and developing alongside teachers, college professors, and professional researchers, precise needs for academic AI agents were outlined and shared: AI agents need highlighting/PDF tools. GenAI reduces critical thinking skills. Research/Education AI should build knowledge bases for agents & users. Academic agents must be able to search, analyze, and cite sources. Ubik: An AI research studio for analyzing PDFs, searching scholarly databases, and crafting papers. Create precise annotations (Notes) that are down to the line with AI. Reference Notes when prompting agents using the @ symbol (like Cursor). @ symbol referencing focuses on source material, minimizes hallucinations, and generates text with citations. Unlike other research AI platforms, like Scite_ or Liner, they don't help users convert information into knowledge; instead, they treat research as a disposable task that can be automated with AI. This philosophy results in AI slop that is unusable at the highest level. Ubik aims to help humans use AI to better their critical thinking and research skills by focusing on reading, writing, and PDF analysis. Users are constantly interacting with trustworthy information.