Table showing “The Cascade of Clarity”. Each level reads as follows: 1) Intention: What should Al serve in the research enterprise? Governance begins by answering this question collectively rather than organization by organization. 2) Purpose: What is Al for in each role and context, and what is it not for? Purpose establishes ethical and operational boundaries before any tool is selected. 3) Strategy: Which activities should be augmented by Al, and which should remain human-led? Strategy translates shared purpose into coordinated action. 4) Guardrails and Governance: What policies, standards, disclosure requirements, training, and oversight mechanisms are needed? Governance creates the conditions for responsible adoption. 5) Action and Accountability: How will Al be deployed, monitored, and evaluated? Accountability must be transparent, traceable, and shared across the ecosystem.

David Crotty

David Crotty

David Crotty is the Executive Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Founded in 1933, CSHL Press is an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media, and is a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an innovator in life science research and the education of scientists, students, and the public. Previously, David was a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.

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