AI Scientist
Accelerating scientific discovery with AI
Several researchers have taken a broad view of scientific progress over the last 50 years and come to the same troubling conclusion: Scientific productivity is declining. It’s taking more time, more funding, and larger teams to make discoveries that once came faster and cheaper. Although a variety of explanations have been offered for the slowdown,…
Microsoft Discovery: How AI Agents Are Accelerating Scientific Discoveries
Scientific research has traditionally been a slow and careful process. Scientists spend years testing ideas and doing experiments. They read thousands of papers and try to connect different pieces of knowledge. This approach has worked for a long time but usually takes years to complete. Today, the world faces urgent problems like climate change and…