https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02931-5 (thanks to Charlotte Lin)
Artificial intelligence systems that generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data, such as Google’s Co-Scientist, are revolutionizing how researchers work — and could change how scientists are valued. The aim of these systems is to free up researchers from the “routine aspects of discovery”, says geneticist Le Cong, co-founder of biomedical AI start-up Phylo. But doing so could deprive students and early-career researchers of opportunities to develop their skills, and require that scientists have unusually far-reaching knowledge to judge whether AI-generated ideas are sound.