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DeepMind Alumni's AI Agent Beats OpenAI, Anthropic At Science

recodeai Staff · Aug 24, 2026 · Research · 2 min read
The story

British lab Inherent says its Faraday agent outperforms rivals at autonomously replicating published scientific research.

Inherent, founded by former DeepMind researchers, released an AI agent called Faraday built to replicate scientific papers autonomously. The company claims Faraday beat comparable systems from Anthropic and OpenAI on this benchmark.

Reliable paper replication is considered a precursor capability to AI systems that can independently generate and verify new research — a frontier frontier labs are racing to claim beyond chatbots and coding assistants.

Why it matters

For R&D-heavy industries like pharma, materials, and semiconductors, a credible research-replication agent is a genuine productivity lever, not a demo. Expect enterprise science teams to pilot this class of tool well before it reaches consumer awareness.

Sources: TechCrunch

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