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The AI Physicist reaches its first autonomy milestone (ahead of schedule)
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.


The AI Physicist reaches its first autonomy milestone (ahead of schedule)
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.

FirstPrinciples
Dec 9, 2025


Colin Hunter
Jul 29, 2025


Matt von Hippel
Jun 18, 2025


FirstPrinciples
Jun 11, 2025


FirstPrinciples
Jul 4, 2024


The AI Physicist reaches its first autonomy milestone (ahead of schedule)
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.

FirstPrinciples
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