Scientific writing has always relied on the implicit contract that claims must remain traceable to evidence. Large language models complicate that relationship. Modern systems can generate reports that appear rigorous and extensively sourced while quietly introducing fabricated citations. CiteVerify is FirstPrinciples’ answer to the rise of fake citations.

A recent recap of work at FirstPrinciples, from fine-tuning and RLVR to ensembles and 122B-scale models. We’re beginning to clarify what improves scientific reasoning, and these are our notes.

The team at FirstPrinciples has reached the AI Physicist’s first autonomy milestone ahead of schedule, assembling the early loops of a system that will guide its own scientific reasoning from research to hypothesis and beyond.

Large Language Models have changed how we think, work, and do science, but can they truly reason like scientists? At FirstPrinciples, we’re exploring the limits of AI generalization and the promise of specialization through the development of the AI Physicist.