AI in research: supporting research integrity through governance and ethics

This is the latest in the series of regular free webinars from the on">span>on research integrity and related issues.

Increasingly used to augment and accelerate research, AI poses both potential benefits and risks for research integrity. How can research governance and research ethics help address those challenges and harness those opportunities? How might AI be used in governance and ethics to safeguard and enhance research integrity?

Speakers:

Mr Areeq Chowdhury, Head of Policy (Data and Digital Technologies), The Royal Society

Science in the age of AI: Areeq will share the learnings on the implications of AI for scientific research from the Royal Society's recently published report, Science in the age of AI.

What you will learn:

• An overview of how AI is impacting the nature and method of scientific research.
• Specific considerations for how AI is affecting science.
• Recommendations of actions for improving the use of AI for science.

Dr Scott Summers , Associate Professor in Business Law and Associate Director of Digital Technology, University of East Anglia

Speaker biography: Areeq Chowdhury

Areeq is Head of Policy (Data and Digital Technologies) at the Royal Society. His team focuses on how artificial intelligence and other data-driven technologies can, and should, be used to benefit humanity.

Areeq is also an elected Councillor for Canning Town, in East London, and founded the influential technology policy think tank, WebRoots Democracy, which ran between 2014 and 2020. He has authored various reports on digital democracy, social media, and artificial intelligence. Most notably, he led a high profile project on disinformation during the 2019 UK General Election, producing viral deepfakes of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn endorsing each other for Prime Minister.

Areeq holds a BSc in Economics and Political Science from the University of Birmingham. His career history includes working at: the Foreign Office; the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; the UK Parliament; London City Hall; and KPMG.

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