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.

After quantum breakthrough Willow, Google has now built AI co-scientist tool based on Gemini 2.0 to help biomedical scientists. This new artificial intelligence tool has been designed to help researchers study scientific phenomena more efficiently.

In the field of biomedical research, transforming a hypothesis into a tangible discovery is often a lengthy and expensive process. On average, developing a new drug can take over a decade and cost billions of dollars.