Scientists often use sophisticated technology, so an AI tool designed to help them begin new investigations may see broad take-up among the community. It’s also a hint of how many other workplaces will change via AI.

Google has developed an AI tool to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical scientists, the U.S. blue chip said on Wednesday.

Google launches AI Co-Scientist tool to accelerate research breakthroughs, combining Gemini 2.0 with specialized scientific reasoning agents.

The system aims to accelerate scientific discoveries by generating research hypotheses, drafting proposals, and refining experiments. “The AI co-scientist is a multi-agent AI system that is intended to function as a collaborative tool for scientists,