Indo-Pacific Research Ethics Framework on Artificial Intelligence Use unveiled at Manipal Research Colloquium 2025

We are excited to announce the unveiling of a crucial yet huge AI ethics framework by Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP.

Yesterday, our Managing Partner, Abhivardhan had delivered the inaugural session of the Manipal Research Colloquium 2025 for PhD scholars of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

At this occasion, Mr Abhivardhan had unveiled the "Indo-Pacific Research Ethics Framework on Artificial Intelligence Use", one of India's first full fledged research ethics manual on how to use AI tools in research, ethically, and safely.

Access this framework at https://indopacific.app/product/indo-pacific-research-ethics-framework-on-artificial-intelligence-use-ipac-ai/

The focus of this manual is to make a researcher or a researching entity aware of everything that matters to them:

1️⃣ The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 101: Fairness, Transparency, Privacy, Accountability

2️⃣ The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Public & Private forms of Governance: actually everything (yes, check the framework)

3️⃣ How Artificial Intelligence Hype can affect Research Quality, and how to Protect Good Research Practices: Some Guidelines

4️⃣ AI Use Justification in Contracts: Some Guidelines

5️⃣ Indo-Pacific Principles of Legal and Policy Writing

6️⃣ Indo-Pacific Research Principles on Use of Large Reasoning Models

We featured some incredible further readings, including those of Gary Marcus, Roger Spitz, Dr. Jeffrey Funk and Devansh Devansh, and some of our crucial glossary terms, blogs, and technical reports available on indopacific.app.

This framework applies to enhance our partnership with key players in the AI space, and we hope that the Indo-Pacific Research Ethics Framework on Artificial Intelligence Use is helpful for all researchers, regardless of what discipline they work in.