Models & Assistants
Claude computed a nine-loop particle physics amplitude for around $2,000
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 beat the human eight-loop record in theoretical physics, answering a public AI challenge set in August 2026.
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Research AI
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Models & Assistants
Anthropic's Life Sciences Verification Program opens beta access to Claude Mythos, Opus, and Sonnet for biology research
Verified life-science organisations can now apply for relaxed Claude safeguards across claude.ai, the API, and enterprise plans from 17 September 2026.
Agents & Automation
Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic's own AI research: and what that means for recursive self-improvement
Anthropic's first R&D Automation Index shows Claude autonomously leads 26% of its AI research as of August 2026, up from under 1% in February.
Models & Assistants
OpenAI's unreleased model solves a Millennium Prize maths problem: and the controversy may matter as much as the proof
10,000 AI agents, 88 hours, and a Lean-verified proof of finite-time singularity in Navier: Stokes. Here's what happened and why it matters.
Agents & Automation
OpenAI hits its automated research intern goal and sets its sights on a fully automated AI researcher by March 2028
OpenAI's research org now logs 3.1 agent-workdays per human workday. It hit its intern milestone and targets a full AI researcher by March 2028.
Agents & Automation
Claude proved Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days: and a computer checked every step
Anthropic's multi-agent Claude system produced a machine-verified formal proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days, writing 13 million lines of Lean 4 code.
Models & Assistants
Anthropic opens 10,000 free and discounted Claude seats for scientists
Anthropic's new Claude Team plan gives verified researchers free or $15/month premium seats, expands science credits to $50k, and enrolls first Mythos users.
Models & Assistants
Claude improved a 160-year-old maths bound by 25 percentage points in 36 hours
An unreleased Claude research model advanced the Riemann zeta function lower bound from 41.6% to 67.2%, the largest single-step gain in history.
Consumer AI
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook — here's what actually changed
Google rebranded NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook on July 16, 2026, adding Search AI Mode integration and expanding Gemini 3.5 + Antigravity to AI Pro users.
Agents & Automation
Claude Science: Anthropic's AI Workbench Built for Researchers, Not Just Chatting About Research
Anthropic launches Claude Science, a purpose-built AI workbench unifying 60+ scientific tools, auditable artifacts, and flexible compute for researchers.