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How do agents based on large language models compare to human experts when it comes to proposing machine learning research? Pretty well, according to one study.

A man who lost the ability to speak four years ago is sounding like his earlier self, thanks to a collection of brain implants and machine learning models.

While some observers argue that large language models can’t produce truly original output, new work prompted them to generate novel scientific research.

The boom in AI is jeopardizing big tech’s efforts to reach its targets for emissions of greenhouse gasses.

A deep learning model significantly reduced deaths among critically ill hospital patients.

The latest update of DeepMind’s AlphaFold model is designed to find the structures of not just proteins but all biologically active molecules as well as interactions between them.

A new AI method directs scientists toward promising avenues of inquiry.

Scientists pledged to control their use of AI to produce potentially hazardous biological materials.

Researchers used an AI system to identify animal cell types from gene sequences, including a cell type that conventional approaches had discovered only in the past year. 

A robot outperformed human chemists at synthesizing chemicals. Researchers at University of Amsterdam built RoboChem, an integrated robotic system that learned to design light-activated chemical reactions while achieving optimal yields and throughput.

Machine learning algorithms often struggle with geometry. A language model learned to prove relatively difficult theorems. 

A neural network detected early signs of pancreatic cancer more effectively than doctors who used the usual risk-assessment criteria. Researchers at MIT and oncologists at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston...

Biologists used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics. Researchers at MIT and Harvard trained models to screen chemical compounds for those that kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the deadliest among bacteria that have...

How can AI help to fight climate change? A new report evaluates progress so far and explores options for the future. The Innovation for Cool Earth Forum, a conference of climate researchers hosted by Japan...

A microscope enhanced with augmented reality is helping pathologists recognize cancerous tissue. The United States Department of Defense is using microscopes that use machine learning models based on research from Google to detect cancers.