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How Can AI Accelerate Science, and How Can Our Government Help?

In our most recent blog, Tom Mitchell explores how advances in AI, particularly through Large Language Models like GPT, Claude, and Gemini, have the potential to revolutionize scientific research. By transitioning from “lone ranger” science to “community scientific discovery,” AI can enhance data analysis, hypothesis generation, and experimental automation across fields such as cell biology and neuroscience. Mitchell outlines how AI can integrate vast datasets and literature to form comprehensive models and accelerate discoveries. He also discusses the crucial role of the U.S. government in supporting this transformative opportunity for scientific progress.

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