<ul><li>Microsoft announced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that utilizes agentic AI to accelerate the scientific discovery process.</li><li>Microsoft Discovery is designed to handle science-related workloads end-to-end, from knowledge reasoning to hypothesis formulation and simulation.</li><li>While AI labs like Google have introduced AI tools for science, many researchers doubt the current usefulness of AI in guiding scientific processes due to unreliability.</li><li>Results from AI systems in science have been underwhelming, with instances of materials not being new and high-profile clinical trial failures in drug discovery.</li></ul>

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