DeepMind’s Automated Science Lab in the UK Signals a New Era of “AI-Native” Discovery
Google DeepMind plans to open its first automated science laboratory in the United Kingdom in 2026, designed from the ground up to fuse robotics-driven experimentation with Gemini-integrated AI systems. The ambition is straightforward but profound: run vastly more experiments per day than a traditional lab and compress years of trial-and-error