Schmidt Sciences Names 28 New AI2050 Fellows Targeting Long-Horizon Scientific Agents
hllo_wrld · x · 2026-10-06
Schmidt Sciences announced 28 new AI2050 Fellows for 2026, tackling challenges from understanding AI risks to expanding what AI can discover. New fellow Akari Asai says she will work on agentic systems for open-ended, truly long-horizon scientific discovery, aiming to connect digital reasoning with real-world experimentation.
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