Empirical Research Assistance (ERA): From Nature publication to catalyzing Computational Discovery

Google Research · 1 month ago

Google released Empirical Research Assistance (ERA), an AI system using Gemini that writes and optimizes scientific code to accelerate computational discovery across multiple disciplines, published today in Nature. ERA achieved expert-level performance on benchmark problems in genomics, public health, satellite imagery, neuroscience, time-series forecasting, and mathematics, with eight manuscripts demonstrating applications including CDC-ranked epidemic forecasting, California water runoff prediction, and atmospheric CO2 monitoring. The technology is now accessible through Computational Discovery, a new experimental tool rolling out via Gemini for Science to help democratize expert-level computational modeling for scientists worldwide.