The UCC+I of the University of Navarra trains researchers from Zaragoza in science communication with AI

Nearly one hundred researchers from the University of Zaragoza participated this Monday in the practical workshop "Communicating Science with the financial aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI)", given at the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zaragoza by experts from the University of Navarra. The activity was organized by the Agri-Food Institute of Aragon (IA2) and was directed by Ignacio López-Goñi, director of the Unit of Scientific Culture and Innovation (UCC+I) of the University of Navarra, and by Bienvenido León, Full Professor of science communication of the School of Communication and manager of the research area in scientific communication and processes of social diffusion of science of the UCC+I.

The high demand forced to move the session to a larger space, the auditorium, where attendees, mostly IA2 researchers, actively participated in a dynamic oriented to apply AI tools to simplify scientific content and create interactive audio and video formats.

During the introduction, López-Goñi highlighted the usefulness of artificial intelligence in scientific communication, but warned about its limits: "the answers offered by AI tools are always very coherent, but they can also lie to us very coherently". In this line, he stressed that "these tools should be used with expert criteria, in subjects that Username masters, to avoid biases and errors". 

The first part of the workshop was focused on sharing experiences on how AI can help researchers to elaborate texts, audios and videos for scientific communication and knowledge dissemination , based on a specialized article . To put it into internship, the participants analyzed the quality of a specific scientific article and obtained a preliminary summary its content to facilitate its understanding. Then, they used other AI tools to propose a summary of scientific knowledge dissemination , with an attractive headline and a short thread for social networks.

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In the second part of the workshop, Bienvenido León led a practical exercise focused on the rapid creation of audiovisual content. Participants generated scripts with AI, produced audios with tools such as ElevenLabs or Lovo, and created short videos with platforms such as Pictory or Canva. Our goal was for participants to see that today it is possible to produce a podcast or a short scientific video in an agile way and with good quality, without the need for advanced technical resources. AI makes the creative process much easier, but it is still a core topic to have a clear and rigorous narrative," said León. This activity was intended to be an example of how different AI strategies can be a useful tool for science communication and knowledge dissemination . 

The workshop is part of the training work that the UCC+I of the University of Navarra develops not only on its campus, but also in other academic institutions, reinforcing its commitment to improving the social communication of science and the training of researchers in core topic skills for knowledge dissemination in the digital era.