AI is revolutionizing the scientific research landscape, enabling progress at a once-unimaginable pace – from accelerating drug discovery to designing new materials for clean energy technologies. The AI for Science forum, co-hosted by Google DeepMind and the Royal Society, brought together the scientific community, policymakers and industry leaders to explore the transformative potential of AI to enable scientific breakthroughs, address the world’s most pressing challenges and lead to a new era of discovery.