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title: "Human scientists still trounce the best AI agents on complex tasks, a Nature study finds — despite billions spent on autonomous research tools"
date: 2026-05-08
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description: "An AI system built to do science from scratch recently submitted three research papers to academic workshops. One was accepted. The other two were rejected by peer reviewers who found them lacking in ..."
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# Human scientists still trounce the best AI agents on complex tasks, a Nature study finds — despite billions spent on autonomous research tools

An AI system built to do science from scratch recently submitted three research papers to academic workshops. One was accepted. The other two were rejected by peer reviewers who found them lacking in ...

*Published: 2026-05-08*