Make AI traceable before it shapes global climate assessments

Nature’s news coverage has highlighted the need to disclose when artificial intelligence has shaped scientific writing (see Nature 655, 556–557; 2026). However, in global assessments of climate change, report authors must look further upstream in the process, because the use of AI tools can change a report’s findings before a single word is written. In March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that it was developing AI support for literature reviews and processing reviewer comments (see go.nature.com/4ibf4d2). These tools could alter which evidence becomes visible, how studies are grouped and which signals reach authors’ attention.

Nature 657, 848 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02905-7

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