The EPFL Data Champions community convened for its 12th general meeting during a special edition of the Lunch Talks series. The discussion centered around the emerging synergies between AI and research data, a topic of significant relevance in the contemporary research landscape. The event featured a series of short talks by experts who shared their insights and perspectives on the integration of AI technologies in research data management and analysis. The speakers and their respective topics are: * “Open-source, models and data in neuroscience”, by Alexander Mathis, Assistant Professor, Head of the Mathis Group, Computational Neuroscience & AI of EPFL; * "FAIR deployment of AI models", by Simon Dürr, PhD Student EPFL Chemistry, HuggingFace Fellow and EPFL Data Champion; * "An ordinary day at the SDSC, aka how we accelerate the adoption of AI to boost your data", by Roberto Castello, Data Scientist at SDSC, and EPFL Data Champion; * "AI and research data: ethics compliance issues", by Gaia Barazzetti, Research Ethics Compliance Officer at EPFL Research Office. Following the presentations, attendees had the opportunity to engage with the panel in a lively Q&A session, fostering thoughtful conversations on the pivotal role of AI in shaping the present and future of research data. The event was held on September 7th, 2023, thanks to the organization of the RDM Library Team and OS Unit of EPFL. You can find here the files of the presentations. You can learn more here about the EPFL Data Champions here, https://go.epfl.ch/datachampions.