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Four ways scientists are using Google's Empirical Research Assistance

Four ways Google Research scientists have been using Empirical Research Assistance

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Google Research summarizes four areas where scientists use Empirical Research Assistance (ERA): in public health, the team submits weekly influenza forecasts for U.S. states.

Why it matters

Google uses four real research projects to show ERA deployments in epidemic forecasting, cosmology, carbon monitoring, and neuroscience, illustrating how AI-assisted research is being used.

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