Scientists often use sophisticated technology, so an AI tool designed to help them begin new investigations may see broad take-up among the community. It’s also a hint of how many other workplaces will change via AI.

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