Scientific AI

IBM and NASA reportedly released an open-source Lunar Foundation Model and SomBench Dataset, putting new tools and a reported 23% error cut in reach.

Alongside its superapp plans, OpenAI is building an 'AI research intern' designed to automate multi-day scientific research tasks, with a launch expected by September 2026 and a longer-term goal of a fully automated multi-agent research system by 2028.

Google DeepMind announces strategic partnerships with India's Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) and leading institutions, providing access to advanced AI tools including AlphaGenome, AI Co-scientist, and Earth AI to accelerate scientific discovery and education in India.

AlphaFold Protein Database reaches 3M+ users globally. New AI tools include AI co-scientist, EarthAI, and AlphaGenome for cancer research and scientific discovery.

Google upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for science and engineering. Achieves 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2 and Elo 3455 on competitive coding.

Google releases major upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think, achieving 48.4% on Humanity's Last Exam and gold medal performance on International Olympiad challenges.