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A conference just tested AI agents’ ability to do science

“You have to be really careful when working with AI,” says one participant

This concept image shows a robot figure representing AI at a microscope while blue-gloved hands of a human scientist hold vials.

In a first, scientists just convened to discuss science conducted by AI agents. While many of the papers covered topics in computer science, others delved into a range of fields, including economics, psychology and biology.

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By Kathryn Hulick

In a first, a scientific conference welcomed paper submissions from any area of science, but with one catch: AI had to do most of the work.