Ginkgo Bioworks and OpenAI Test AI-Run Lab Experiments at Scale
In February 2026, Ginkgo Bioworks linked GPT-5 to its cloud laboratory to carry out biological experiments. The AI system covered 36,000 experimental conditions over six repeated cycles. In each cycle it designed experiments, ran them physically, and used the results to refine its next round. The work points to AI moving beyond data analysis toward carrying out empirical research on its own. It also hints at future labs where AI plans and performs wet-lab experiments with minimal human direction.
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