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When the Machine Designs the Experiment: Inside the World's Most Advanced Lab AI Programmes

AI systems are now autonomously designing scientific experiments, adjusting parameters mid-run, and surfacing patterns invisible to human researchers.

Amara Osei & Dr. L. Bergström March 5, 2026 18 min read

LAB AI

The automated laboratory at the Broad Institute, where AI systems plan and execute experiments around the clock.

The laboratory at the Broad Institute does not sleep. At 3 a.m. on a Tuesday, its robotic arms are pipetting reagents, its imaging systems scanning cells, and its AI — Copernicus — reviewing results and deciding what to run next. No human being is present.

"It suggested an approach that none of us would have tried in a hundred years of classical experimentation. And it was right."

— Prof. Yuki Tanaka, CERN Senior Physicist

38%

Faster experiment cycles

12×

Data throughput gain

94%

Hypothesis accuracy

When the Machine Designs the Experiment: Inside the World's Most Advanced Lab AI Programmes

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