AI scientist autonomously generates and validates new biological discoveries

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Add as preferred source Researchers have created a closed-loop AI laboratory, capable of conducting research on brewer’s yeast. It could identify biological questions, recommend experiments and evaluate experimental outcomes. The images shows the robot scientist at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, which was specifically designed for drug discovery, and which has now been updated with large language models and automated reasoning. Credit: NIH Image Gallery/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed an AI scientist capable of generating scientific hypotheses, designing experiments and interpreting results. Making new biological discoveries with minimal human intervention is an important advance in self-driving laboratories.