67 Bricks and Bone & Joint have been shortlisted for this year’s ALPSP Innovation Award in Publishing for their AI-generated podcast series ‘AI Talks with Bone & Joint’.
The tool seamlessly converts static research PDFs into lively and engaging podcasts, accurately summarising a paper’s findings. The podcasts give the Bone & Joint community a new way to keep up-to-date with the latest articles while multitasking, enabling them to discover which content they may wish to dive into further and in more detail.
The tool was developed by 67 Bricks in collaboration with Bone & Joint in a matter of weeks, and has significantly reduced the time and effort from Bone & Joint staff to scale up podcast production, supporting the ongoing needs of their time-poor users.
The podcast is presented by two AI-generated hosts, who talk conversationally through the research findings in a single paper. The tools’ UI has been built to give the Bone & Joint team oversight of the input and generated content, keeping a human ‘in-the-loop’ and safeguarding the content’s accuracy and integrity.
Jennifer Schivas, CEO of 67 Bricks, commented ‘It’s fantastic to be recognised for our work with Bone & Joint. We see so much opportunity for innovative applications of AI and other technology to widen research dissemination, and these AI-generated podcasts are a fantastic example of that.’
Emma Vodden, Director of Publishing & Innovation at Bone & Joint, added ‘We are delighted with the response we have had from our community to this initiative, which builds upon the knowledge translation programme we have for our journals. These summaries provide a short, easy-to-access update for busy surgeons who are looking to consume content on the go. Bone & Joint is committed to finding ethical and useful ways to integrate AI in our workflows whilst maintaining the integrity of the content.’
The winners of the ALPSP awards will be announced at their annual conference in September.
