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Study contradicts Anthropic and OpenAI claims that autonomous AI research is within reach

The Decoder · Aug 14, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

AI agents using Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Sol were given six days, $3,000 in API credits, and GPU access to independently write AI research papers. The original authors of unpublished NeurIPS papers rated the results as "Reject.…

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