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Google launches ERA: AI system helping researchers with empirical experimentation

Google Research has developed Empirical Research Assistance (ERA), an AI system designed to assist researchers in planning and conducting experiments. The system was published in Nature and is now available to accelerate computational discovery across scientific disciplines.

WHY IT MATTERS

ERA represents a shift from AI as an analysis tool to AI as an active researcher that can independently suggest and conduct experiments. This could significantly accelerate scientific progress and make experimental research more accessible to institutions with fewer resources.

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