Unifying AI-assisted scientific discovery around exploration, hypothesis generation, and testing

Summary

In this review, Hasib et al. introduce EXHYTE a process centric survey to unify research on AI-assisted scientific discovery. Mapping recent studies reveals rapid advances in evidence retrieval, knowledge assembly, and idea generation, but it also reveals a persistent bottleneck in translating hypotheses into executable tests and using results to refine subsequent steps. The survey underscores the need for human oversight, reproducibility, validation, and auditable end-to-end discovery workflows.