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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
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Matt von Hippel
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FirstPrinciples
Jun 11, 2025
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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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