A research presentation maker turns your research into slides you can present. AI for Research's Slides builds a deck from a topic, a pasted paper or thesis chapter, or a Deep Research report: short bullets, speaker notes, citations on the findings and a references slide, as a PowerPoint file for defenses, talks, journal clubs and lectures.
What you can do with it
- Turn a Deep Research report into a talk. Under a finished report, press Make slides in the "Build on this" row; the deck uses the report and its sources.
- Turn your own paper or chapter into slides. Paste it or upload it, and the deck follows your text.
- Build a talk on a topic from the literature. Leave Content empty and the deck is built from a search of the sources you choose, with filters.
- Prepare a thesis defense with the Thesis defence preset, then rehearse with the speaker notes.
- Download for PowerPoint and finish the design there.
The options
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Topic or title | Required: the title of the talk, up to 400 characters |
| Content | Optional: paste a paper, chapter or notes, or upload a PDF, Word, text or Markdown file |
| Kind of talk | Research talk, Thesis defence, Conference presentation (12 to 15 minutes), Journal club, Lecture |
| Slides | About 8, 12, 16 or 20 |
| Sources and filters | When Content is empty: All papers, Medical, Preprints, Web, My Library, with year, study type and other filters |
| Your role | Pitches the language at your level, from undergraduate to academic staff |
| High quality | A stronger model, for 3 times the credits (Pro) |
Each preset shapes the order of the deck. A research talk runs motivation, question, approach, evidence and implications. A journal club covers the paper's question, methods, results, critique, take-home messages and discussion questions. A lecture builds from learning outcomes through concepts and examples to a summary and review questions.
How it works, step by step
- Open Slides, or press Make slides under a finished Deep Research report.
- Type the topic or title of your talk.
- Add your content if the deck should follow your own paper or chapter. Paste it, or press upload and choose a file.
- Choose the kind of talk and the number of slides.
- Choose sources and filters if you left Content empty, so the deck is built from the literature.
- Press Run. The cost shows next to the button before you start.
- Read the deck in the app: each slide shows its title, bullets with clickable citations, and its speaker notes. A slide with a table or chart says so.
- Press Download PowerPoint. The deck is saved in your History, so you can download it again later.
What the deck contains
- A title slide with the title and a subtitle.
- Content slides, each with a title and at most five short bullets of under 15 words.
- Speaker notes on every slide: what to say, about 60 to 120 words.
- A table or a bar chart on some slides, only where the content has real numbers to show.
- Citations at the end of bullets that state findings: clickable in the app, and written as (Author et al., Year) in PowerPoint.
- A References slide listing up to 14 cited sources, with DOI links.
- Slide numbers and a plain widescreen design with serif headings.
Example: a 20-minute thesis defense
This is an example of the steps and credits, not a real deck.
A master's student with a defense in two weeks opens Slides, types the title of her thesis, pastes her abstract, results and discussion chapters into Content, chooses Thesis defence and About 16 slides, and presses Run: 10 credits on Plus. The deck follows the defense order, with one slide per main finding built from her results chapter. She downloads it, adds her own figures and university template in PowerPoint, and rehearses from the speaker notes. She then uses the Thesis Suite's Defence preparation (3 credits) to list the questions examiners are likely to ask, chapter by chapter.
What it costs
| Plan | What you get | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | A preview of the first five slides, no download | 3 |
| Plus ($12 a month) | The full deck and PowerPoint download | 10 |
| Pro ($29 a month) | The full deck and download; High quality available | 10, or 30 with High quality |
| Team | The full deck and download; High quality available | 10, or 30 with High quality |
The cost is the same for 8 or 20 slides. The Defence Pass ($49, paid once) gives 90 days of Pro, which covers a defense deck and the rest of the preparation. See pricing.
What it does not do
Slides is a research presentation maker for content, not layout:
- It is not a design tool. Every deck uses one plain design. There are no themes, images or photos, and charts are bar charts only. Add your own figures and your institution's template in PowerPoint.
- You cannot edit slides in the app. Change the wording in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides after you download.
- There is no PDF download. Export the PowerPoint file to PDF from your presentation program.
- A deck built from your own content cites no new papers. It follows the text you gave it; a literature search runs only when Content is empty.
- Check every number. Charts and tables are made only from numbers in the content, but a model writes the slides: compare each figure with your thesis or paper before you present it.
- The free plan cannot download. It shows five slides so you can judge the deck; the full deck and PowerPoint file are on paid plans.
Who uses it
- Master's and PhD candidates preparing a defense: see thesis defense preparation, the thesis defense presentation template, and the pages for master's students and for PhD students.
- Academics turning a paper into a conference talk or a lecture: see AI for professors.
- Analysts presenting a Deep Research report to a team: see AI for market research.
Learn more
- How to build a thesis defense presentation, slide by slide
- Thesis defense: what happens and how to prepare
- Thesis defense questions examiners ask
Last updated 2026-11-12