🧪 AI now runs the whole lab, not just the hypothesis
DeepMind's Co-Scientist stopped suggesting experiments and started running them. The Gemini-based system designed materials syntheses and built a medical AI architecture without a human in the loop. This is the jump from chatbot to autonomous researcher, and most labs aren't ready for what that means for headcount.
Watch which university publishes the first paper with an AI as lead author, not acknowledgments.
August 28, 2026 137 2
