Google's Co-Scientist accelerates research and achieves AI-controlled chip fab
SRSchmidgall · x · 2026-08-29
Google DeepMind shares early progress on using Gemini to accelerate real-world scientific discovery, presenting an extension of Co-Scientist.
The tool collaborates with scientists in materials science, biology, and computer science. Additionally, recent collaboration achieved end-to-end AI-controlled semiconductor fabrication, raising questions about how close we are to letting AI build semiconductor devices independently.
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