# AI-Assisted Systematic Review: Humans Still Need to Review All Abstracts for Inclusion

## TL;DR

AI can help prioritize abstracts for systematic reviews, but humans still need to review all abstracts to ensure nothing important is missed.

## Contribution

Demonstrates that AI tools can assist in ranking abstracts but cannot fully replace human judgment in systematic reviews.

## Key findings

- General-purpose and fine-tuned AI models ranked abstracts for inclusion in Cochrane reviews.
- Some relevant studies were not highly ranked by AI, requiring manual review.
- Human oversight remains essential for accurate systematic reviews.

## Abstract

Although a general purpose (GPT-5), and a fine-tuned (ASReviewLab) artificial intelligence were able to rank abstracts for likely inclusion in a variety of Cochrane systematic reviews, some actually included studies were not highly ranked, necessitating human review of all abstracts.