{"id":221145,"date":"2026-05-27T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/are-the-chemicals-around-you-safe-researchers-are-using-ai-to-find-out-texas-am-stories\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:20:13","slug":"are-the-chemicals-around-you-safe-researchers-are-using-ai-to-find-out-texas-am-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/are-the-chemicals-around-you-safe-researchers-are-using-ai-to-find-out-texas-am-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the chemicals around you safe? Researchers are using AI to find out \u2013 Texas A&#038;M Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/27\/are-the-chemicals-around-you-safe-researchers-are-using-ai-to-find-out\/\">Are the chemicals around you safe? Researchers are using AI to find out \u2013 Texas A&#038;M Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/27\/are-the-chemicals-around-you-safe-researchers-are-using-ai-to-find-out\/\">https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/27\/are-the-chemicals-around-you-safe-researchers-are-using-ai-to-find-out\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-27 11:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"stories.tamu.edu\">stories.tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Researchers at Texas A&amp;M University are utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to address the gap in chemical toxicity testing due to the vast number of unstudied chemicals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Dr. Weihsueh Chiu, from Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, leads the development of AI tools that predict chemical toxicity and assess the reliability of these predictions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Traditional toxicity tests, which rely on animal studies or human epidemiological research, are time-consuming, costly, and limited in scope, leading to a significant gap in chemical safety data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The AI tools developed by Chiu&#8217;s team employ a two-stage machine learning framework that uses real-world chemical properties instead of abstract descriptors, making predictions more interpretable and trustworthy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The introduction of &#8220;uncertainty-aware&#8221; machine learning allows the models to estimate the reliability of each prediction, guiding where more research is needed based on varying levels of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>These AI tools generate ranges of possible outcomes for each prediction, helping to identify potential risks more effectively and shifting focus from a reactive to a proactive approach in chemical safety assessments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The ultimate goal is to allow regulators to determine which substances require stricter regulation, more testing, or removal from the market based on these AI insights.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are the chemicals around you safe? 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