This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons webinar ‘A practical guide to AI tools for life scientists’. This webinar took place on 8 May 2024. Event description The widespread availability and application of AI tools like ChatGPT have fundamentally transformed our approach to work, creativity, learning, and communication. In the realm of scientific research, the impact of AI extends far beyond mere promises, already catalysing significant advances and discoveries. This talk will explore how AI is reshaping scientific exploration and innovation. We explore how AI can accelerate research processes, from data analysis and code writing to hypothesis development. We will present some of the available and emerging AI and how we might effectively leverage these tools while acknowledging their limitations. Materials are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International agreement unless otherwise specified and were current at the time of the event. Speaker: Dr Michael Kuiper, Principal Research Scientist in Computational Biology and acting Group Leader of the Computational Modelling (CM) group at Data61 of CSIRO. Host: Dr Patrick Capon, Australian BioCommons Training materials Files and materials included in this record: Event metadata (PDF): Information about the event including, description, event URL, learning objectives, prerequisites, technical requirements etc. Index of training materials (PDF): List and description of all materials associated with this event including the name, format, location and a brief description of each file. Kuiper_May2024_b_version: A PDF copy of the slides presented during the webinar. Q_and_A_AI-life-scientists: PDF copy of questions and answers from the webinar Materials shared elsewhere: A recording of this webinar is available on the Australian BioCommons YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/NbYvq3OLEfo