AI Biology

Coverage of AI in life sciences and drug discovery, from foundation models to laboratory workflow integration. Written from the perspective of a practitioner inside the field, not an observer.

AI Biology

Software Agents have Changed Science

At Bio-IT World 2026, a Genentech scientist showed 4,000 lines of R code with no handwritten lines, and the bottleneck moved to verification.

Topographic illustration showing two peaks separated by a valley. A gold pin labeled "We are Here" sits in the valley. First Light publication mark in the corner.

AI Biology

“We are Here” - AI and Drug Discovery by Jeremy Jenkins, Novartis’ Head of US Discovery Sciences

A field note from Dr. Jeremy Jenkins's BioIT World 2026 plenary on where AI and drug discovery actually stand today. Not the hyped version, not a future projection. The current state of AI implementation, from inside Novartis.