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Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?

NPR | By Katia Riddle

Published May 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM CDT

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Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

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