Navigating the AI frontier: ethical considerations and best practices in microbial genomics research
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“Consequently, there is a noticeable demand for ethical guidelines, as evidenced within the literature surrounding healthcare applications of LLMs46,60,64,70,71,74,75,78.”
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- Authors
- Page, A. J., Tumelty, N. M., & Sheppard, S. K.
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Page, Andrew J.
- Venue
- Microbial Genomics
- Publisher
- Microbiology Society
- Published
- 2023-06-07
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 2057-5858 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10327496
- OpenAlex
- W4379599507
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Microbial Genomics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence, research ethics, best practices
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Genomics
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