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Louisiane Ferlier reports on the launch of a Featured NotebookLM on the science of Benjamin Franklin, in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.

As researchers navigate the use of AI tools in their work, we hope our policy helps in understanding how these uses should be described in scientific manuscripts.

New research published in Royal Society Open Science presents a new framework to help understand the decisions and considerations that go into AI use in practice. We spoke to author Dr Denis Newman-Griffis to find out more about the framework.

A data-driven transition to net zero, in which data and digital technologies are used both for monitoring and optimisation of carbon emissions, is an area of increasing attention on the global stage.

Professor Sir Keith Burnett FRS writes following the Royal Society's recent workshop with the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Artificial Intelligence.

Following the publication of the latest Philosophical Transactions A theme issue, ‘Reliability and reproducibility in computational science: implementing verification, validation and uncertainty quantification in silico’, Dr Roger Highfield, Science Director of the Science Museum Group and contributing author to the issue, explores the question, ‘should we trust computers?’.

Failure to use data effectively means we cannot deal with the most pressing issues that face us today, such as discrimination. Addressing this requires institutions that are fit to enable responsible use of data and technology for the public good, engaging civil society and the public as well as industry and government.

Public scrutiny is critical for trust in, and democratic legitimacy for, the use of data-driven decision-making and algorithmic systems in our society.

Andrew Rice and Adrian Friday are members of the Working Group chaired by Andy Hopper FRS and leading the Royal Society’s Digital technology and the planet project.

We rely upon computers for almost everything we do. But could they do more? Should we be looking to digital technologies to help us tackle perhaps the greatest challenge facing the planet – climate change?