AI Tools

Caution

When using any AI tool, follow the AI Policy and be careful with your own and other people’s data.

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NIOO AI Chat

The main AI channel at NIOO is our own hosted chat interface — private, secure, and available to all NIOO staff.

chat.nioo.knaw.nl

The NIOO AI Chat is powered by a large language model and runs on NIOO infrastructure. Your data stays inside NIOO — nothing is shared with external services.

Open AI Chat →

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Applied Tools

Research papers

Tools for literature discovery, summarisation, and synthesis.

Tool	What it does	Access
Elicit	AI-powered literature review and paper analysis	Free / Pro
Consensus	Search and summarise scientific findings	Free / Pro
ResearchRabbit	Visual literature mapping and discovery	Free
SciSpace	Read and chat with papers	Free / Pro

Tip

See the Prompt Library for prompts to help summarise and compare papers using the NIOO AI Chat.

Coding

Tools for writing, reviewing, and debugging code.

Tool	What it does	Access
Claude Code	AI coding agent in your terminal or VS Code	Pro
GitHub Copilot	Inline code suggestions in your editor	Pro
Cursor	AI-native code editor	Free / Pro

Tip

Claude Code runs directly in your terminal and can read, write, and run code in your project. Useful for data pipelines, analysis scripts, and bioinformatics workflows.

Writing & communication

Tools for drafting, editing, and translating scientific text.

Tool	What it does	Access
DeepL 🇪🇺	High-quality translation (incl. scientific text)	Free / Pro
Grammarly	Grammar, clarity, and tone suggestions	Free / Pro
Mistral Le Chat 🇪🇺	General-purpose AI chat (French-made)	Free / Pro

Caution

Do not paste unpublished manuscripts or sensitive content into external tools. Use the NIOO AI Chat for writing assistance with sensitive material.

Image & data

Tools for visualisation, image analysis, and data exploration.

Tool	What it does	Access
DALL·E / Midjourney	AI image generation for outreach and presentations	Pro
Julius	Chat with your data (CSV, Excel)	Free / Pro

Caution

Do not upload sensitive ecological or personal data to external image or data tools. Check the privacy policy of any tool before uploading data.

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Note

This overview is maintained by RSO. Tools are assessed for compliance with NIOO’s AI policy before being listed. If you use a tool that is not listed here and want to share it with colleagues, contact RSO.