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Can AI Become a Scientist? How Machines are Starting to do Research
47 minutes Posted Apr 28, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
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Can AI move beyond being a research assistant and become an actual scientist?
In this episode of Today in Tech, Keith Shaw speaks with Mayank Kejriwal, research associate professor at the University of Southern California and CEO of Grail, about the rapid evolution of AI in scientific research.
From generating hypotheses to designing experiments and even writing research papers, AI is beginning to take on tasks that were once the exclusive domain of human scientists. But what does that really mean for the future of discovery?