Published Aug 21, 2026, 5:00 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source

When AI designs a drug, who gets the credit?

MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
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When the biotech company Insilico Medicine used its computer models to propose a promising drug for pulmonary fibrosis, it enthusiastically claimed in a press release that the molecule had been “discovered by” its generative AI platform. Insilico leads a pack of companies using AI to rapidly come up with drug ideas humans might never think…