When AI Starts Predicting the Next Scientific Question

A new study in Nature Machine Intelligence suggests AI may do more than summarise knowledge or accelerate discovery. It may begin to shape which scientific questions are noticed first. When AI Starts Predicting the Next Scientific QuestionWe have grown used to thinking about AI as an answer machine. It summarises papers, organises data, generates hypotheses, and accelerates analysis. In that familiar picture, AI helps scientists move faster toward results that humans still define. ...

April 5, 2026