YouTube science personality Hank Green says AI didn’t write the line that set off the controversy. Four words in a Hank Green video—“I appreciate the pushback”—were enough to make some viewers suspect the voice of artificial intelligence, sparking fan backlash, prompting a public apology from Green and raising bigger questions about how AI is changing science communication. Green’s admission points to a less visible way that AI is entering science communication: as a research assistant. “I’m hoping we can kind of rebel against it and get back to building community as science communicators and leaning on each other for information,” Baxter says. “All content creators depend on a trusted relationship with their audience, but that’s only amplified in science communication.