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AI-powered contract automation helps research managers level up

Laura Arfi and Shannen Lau are automating routine tasks to free up time for more strategic work.
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  1. Jackson Ryan

    1. Jackson Ryan is a freelance science journalist in Sydney, Australia.

Amid concerns that artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automation will replace research managers, Laura Arfi and Shannen Lau see great opportunities to make their work even more valuable. At the University of Melbourne, Australia, Arfi and Lau are using AI tools to automate one of the most time-consuming, repetitive tasks in the research office: managing contracts and agreements.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-04234-z

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