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A Guide to Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beginning to play a major role in education, art, technology, and other areas. This guide provides information and resources about different types of AI.

Research Ethics and AI

The ethics of AI in research is still a developing field with many differing opinions. However, some groups and publishers have begun to release guidelines for the use of AI tools in research. For example, STM's Ethical and Practical Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Publication Process recommends the following general princples:

  • Using publicly available GenAI as a basic tool that supports authors in refining, correcting, formatting, and editing texts and documents is permissible.
  • Authors must disclose any use of GenAI that transcends those use cases so an editorial decision can be made as to its legitimacy.
  • GenAI cannot be used to create, alter, or manipulate original research data and results, such as images, blots, photographs, x-rays, and measurements.
  • GenAI cannot be credited as an author of a published work.

Additionally, many publishers have issued their own specific rules on AI use. As publishing is a decentralized field, it is important to check the rules of the publishers and journal you are submitting to.