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Aug 31, 2026 · Industry Insights

How AI Is Becoming a Lab Partner: From Material Design to Automated Experiments

The article examines the emerging trend of autonomous science, highlighting how AI systems like CuspAI and PNNL are moving beyond data analysis to propose research directions, design experiments, and control laboratory equipment, aiming to accelerate material discovery while addressing challenges of data complexity and real‑world impact.