NISO AI Workshops Report Now Available and Open for Comment

Last month, NISO convened two workshops to explore how the scholarly communication community can collectively respond to challenges arising from the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in publishing and content distribution infrastructure. The workshops brought together participants from publishing houses, platform developers, and research technology teams to focus on the real-world problems—and possible solutions for addressing them—that AI is creating for the scholarly communications ecosystem.

The purpose of these meetings was to identify key issues, brainstorm achievable solutions, and then prioritize a plan of work for NISO to improve efficiency working with AI systems across the network of publishers. In each workshop, participants generated and refined dozens of ideas for possible standardization projects and then chose the three project ideas with the greatest value to the broader ecosystem. The discussions focused on interoperability, licensing, attribution, data provenance, transparency, accessibility, and evolving usage models.

The resulting report, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Interoperability in STM Content through Standards, includes a detailed narrative summary of each workshop and a one-page synthesis of outcomes from each session. It concludes with a consolidated list of nine strategic standardization opportunities. These areas represent high-impact intersections between AI, content infrastructure, and scholarly integrity, and will be evaluated by NISO for potential leadership, collaboration, or support. 

We welcome community feedback on these potential project ideas via an online form. Alternatively, public comments may also be sent via email directed to nisohq@niso.org with the subject line “NISO AI Report Feedback.” Comments will be gathered until July 15, 2025.