Nowadays, AI technologies are an integral part of modern science. The processes of broad implementation of AI technologies into research activities became a challenge to ethical foundations of science functioning as social institution, capable not only to change established characteristics of research processes, but also to cause risks of wide propagation of academic fraud. The AI tools have a number of advantages determining scales increase and expansion of areas of their application in processes of receiving and presenting scientific results. The article outlines directions of AI application in research activities. The various positions regarding capabilities of AI technologies at different stages of scientific search. The key ethical risks and areas of ethical reflection on AI tools of scientific research in the field of bio-medicine are emphasized. The formats of putting and solving problems of ethics of science on external and internal contour, including consideration of specifics of biomedical research involving humans are analyzed. The tasks of reflection on processes of research transformation under AI influence and development of guidelines of proper application of AI technologies are substantiated. The tasks of maintaining quality of scientific research and compliance with established ethical standards of science are considered

science, biology, medicine, AI, ethics of science, academic fraud.