Google and DeepMind teams release first mass-scale empirical study of AI's impact on science

JMateosGarcia · x · 2026-09-16

Google DeepMind and Google teams have released "AI in Science: Early Insights", described as one of the first mass-scale empirical investigations into AI's impact on science, co-led with Jose Mateos-Garcia and Miguel Codreanu plus a team of co-authors. The authors frame it as the start of a new research agenda: AI's promise for economic growth runs directly through its impact on science. The report delivers numerous findings and insights while leaving many open questions, addressing the gap between widespread excitement/concern about AI in science and the lack of systematic empirical evidence.

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