Shanghai artificial intelligence lab launched a new generation of science discovery platforms

On 17 July, at the Scientific Front Forum of the 2026 World Congress on Artificial Intelligence and the High-level Meeting on Artificial Intelligence for Global Governance, the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory launched the Science Discovery Platform, “Booker Zero”, which is oriented towards real scientific missions, linking scientific megamodels, specialized analytical tools, experimental data and self-automated equipment, and covering the full scientific process from “prospecting” to “experimental validation”. Xinhua