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By 2026, artificial intelligence has moved beyond being a research assistant to becoming a true co-scientist. Systems like Google DeepMind’s AI Co-Scientist and advanced GPT models can generate, critique, and refine hypotheses across biology, chemistry, and physics.
With breakthroughs in protein folding and autonomous laboratory robotics, experiments that once took years can now unfold in days. As digital twins and closed-loop systems accelerate the discovery of new materials and medicines, AI is reshaping the scientific method itself—marking the beginning of a new era in research and innovation.
