Google has introduced a new multi-agent AI system called 'AI co-Scientist', which functions as a 'virtual scientific collaborator' to help scientists generate novel research and hypotheses.
The AI co-Scientist system goes beyond standard research tools by uncovering new knowledge and formulating original research hypotheses and proposals.
The system utilizes a multi-agent approach and web search to automatically generate, evaluate, and refine hypotheses, and incorporates test time computation to improve outputs.
The tool has been validated in drug repurposing, target discovery, and antimicrobial resistance, and outperforms several state-of-the-art reasoning models.