Researchers who have been given access to Google's new AI "co-scientist" tool are enthusiastic about its potential, but it isn't yet clear whether it can make truly novel discoveries

Built on Google’s Gemini AI assistant, the tool promises to make research faster and more efficient. But the company acknowledges the need for safeguards against misuse.

The company describes the tool as an AI co-scientist. It’s powered by Gemini 2.0, the latest iteration of Google’s flagship large language model family. The LLMs in the series can process multimodal data and have a tool use feature, which allows them to perform actions in external systems such as databases.

Google has developed an AI tool to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical scientists, the U.S. blue chip said on Wednesday. The new tool, tested by scientists at Stanford University in the U.S.

The US tech group’s so-called co-scientist tool helps researchers identify gaps in their knowledge and propose new ideas that could speed up scientific discovery. “What we’re trying to do with our project is see whether technology like the AI co-scientist can give these researchers superpowers,

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,