What’s more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y’know, it might not be entirely science fiction

Google DeepMind says it has developed an AI model capable of predicting millions of inorganic crystal structures that could potentially be used to form next-gen microprocessors, electric batteries, solar panels, and the like.…

Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/30/ai_predicts_novel_materials/