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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
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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.
FirstPrinciples
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