AI-generated hypotheses will accelerate biology more than lab automation

Artificial intelligence research, products, and impact across society.

Use of AI to perform repetitive tasks. Improves efficiency and reduces manual work.

Accelerating scientific discovery using machine learning and AI methods.

Novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like DNA repeats, called array-associated reverse transcriptases, that Claude agents identified in bacteriophage genomes in 2026 with little human direction, through Anthropic's life sciences research group.

In October 2026 OpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research reported that thousands of AI agents powered by GPT-Rosalind analyzed a whole-brain CRISPR atlas of millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, proposing research leads such as a possible link between the Perry syndrome gene DCTN1 and cholesterol in neurons.