{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/e421d786-ec36-4148-aa99-7a3b2928a779/6af4c09b973efbd7c1c5d225?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"AI eats science 4: lab work","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9fe5e874247/1794424956543-d915cde4-672b-428f-9f37-cd0488670679.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Frontier AI companies are going all in on building artificial scientific researchers. We ask Google DeepMind, Anthropic and OpenAI about their model-building philosophies and how the firms reveal their findings to the world. But why are these <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/10/14/ai-companies-want-to-become-frontier-scientific-researchers?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=babbage&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tech companies</a></u> pouring so much money into scientific discovery in the first place?</p><p><br></p><p>“AI eats science” is a series of conversations with researchers who are deploying intelligent new tools—thinking about how artificial intelligence could <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/10/15/what-if-the-machines-take-over-science?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=babbage&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reinvent</a></u> the way they discover new things and understand the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and hosts:</p><ul><li>Pushmeet Kohli of Google DeepMind</li><li>Eric Kauderer-Abrams of Anthropic</li><li>Mark Chen of OpenAI</li><li>Alex Hern, <em>The Economist</em>’s AI writer</li><li>Alok Jha, <em>The Economist</em>’s science and technology editor </li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:</p><ul><li>The mathpocalypse</li><li>Recursive self-improvement</li><li>Artificial intelligence</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via <u><a href=\"http://economist.com/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">economist.com/podcasts</a></u>.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<u><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to </a></u><em><u><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Economist</a></u></em>.</p>","author_name":"The Economist"}