Scientifically Speaking: AI changing biology but it won’t cure all diseases

An Anthropic survey of nearly 52,000 Americans found almost half hope AI will cure cancer or Alzheimer's.

AlphaFold, which won half the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has predicted structures for over 200 million proteins from amino acid sequences.

Biomni, an AI research assistant described in Science, analyzed 458 wearable sensor files in under an hour, a task estimated to take humans 60 hours.

Robin, described in Nature, proposed treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration after reviewing 551 papers in 30 minutes.

AI systems like Biomni and Robin assist with experiments but do not replace human researchers.