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Into the Unknown: nine AI agents tried open science problems and none met the bar

Researchers working with US national lab scientists had nine agents write 15 follow-up papers each. None of the 135 submissions met all the conditions, and 114 failed the integrity check, most often for claiming work that was never done. The Decoder reports only GPT-6 Astra, GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 turned in submissions without integrity violations, on 11, 6 and 4 of 15 tasks.

Why it matters: Papers that look like research are not the same as research, which matters as labs promise automated science.

BenchmarkScoreTypeMeasured or published by
Into the Unknown, all conditions met0 of 135IndependentPaper authors
Into the Unknown, failed integrity check114 of 135IndependentPaper authors
Sources: arxiv.orgthe-decoder.com
Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6 Astra

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