As Generative AI (GenAI) becomes more widely used, researchers are increasingly exploring its potential to assist with various tasks. While GenAI can be a valuable tool in some cases, it also presents ethical and practical risks that must be carefully assessed and mitigated before being applied in research. Moreover, growing concerns around GenAI’s broader ethical […]
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Scientific discovery relies on scientists generating novel hypotheses that undergo rigorous experimental validation. To augment this process, we introduce an AI co-scientist, a multi-agent system built on Gemini 2.0. The AI co-scientist is intended to help uncover new, original knowledge and to formulate demonstrably novel research hypotheses and proposals, building upon prior evidence and aligned […]
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Historically, scientific discovery has been a lengthy and costly process, demanding substantial time and resources from initial conception to final results. To accelerate scientific discovery, reduce research costs, and improve research quality, we introduce Agent Laboratory, an autonomous LLM-based framework capable of completing the entire research process. This framework accepts a human-provided research idea and […]
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Large language models (LLMs) have seen remarkable progress in speed, cost efficiency, accuracy, and the capacity to process larger amounts of text over the past year. This article is a practical guide to update economists on how to use these advancements in their research. The main innovations covered are (i) new reasoning capabilities, (ii) novel […]
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In social sciences, researchers often face challenges when conducting large-scale experiments, particularly due to the simulations’ complexity and the lack of technical expertise required to develop such frameworks. Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) is a computational approach that simulates agents’ actions and interactions to evaluate how their behaviors influence the outcomes. However, the traditional implementation of ABM […]
Continue ReadingOne of the grand challenges of artificial intelligence is developing agents capable of conducting scientific research and discovering new knowledge. While frontier models have already been used to aid human scientists, e.g. for brainstorming ideas or writing code, they still require extensive manual supervision or are heavily constrained to a specific task. We’re excited to […]
Continue ReadingMilton Pividori spent a year and a half studying how best to use ChatGPT in research. Here, he highlights three key lessons.
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The European Commission has put forward a set of guidelines to support the European research community in their responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). As the adoption of generative AI technology continues to expand across various fields, including science, these recommendations address both the promising opportunities and potential challenges associated with its proliferation. Rooted […]
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