How AI is revolutionising science

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:35:18 +0000

AI is driving a transformation across all fields of science, from developing drugs for incurable diseases and improving the understanding of animal communication to self-driving labs. Could this prompt a new golden age of discovery?

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00:00 - How AI is revolutionising science
02:53 - Drug discovery
04:31 - AlphaFold
05:30 - Adoption of AI in science
07:08 - Animal communication
09:26 - Scientific fraud
11:03 - Self-driving labs
14:36 - Future of AI in science

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