Artificial intelligence models are evolving from chats to hypotheses. Now their ideas are being validated in organoids and animals — and even in early-stage clinical trials.
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Adam, D. The AI co-scientist is here. Nat Med 32, 772–775 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04275-z
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