Google’s AI tool acts as a virtual collaborator for human scientists, delivered after tests were conducted by researchers at Stanford University in the United States and Imperial College London. The creation deploys advanced reasoning to work through vast amounts of literature to produce novel hypotheses.

Google's AI unit, DeepMind, has made science a priority, and DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis was a co-recipient of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year for technology developed in the AI unit.

Google is launching an AI co-scientist, a new AI system built on Gemini 2.0 designed to aid scientists in creating novel hypotheses and research plans. The company said, “Researchers can specify a research goal,

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.

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

Google LLC today introduced a new artificial intelligence tool designed to help researchers study scientific phenomena more efficiently. The company describes the tool as an AI co-scientist. It’s powered by Gemini 2.