Researcher Reruns Auto-Research Benchmark, Finds Stunning Results

AI researcher generativist reran his auto-research ML agent benchmark with the new model astra and got stunning results, with unexpectedly "wild" off-beaten-path solutions. He suggests frontier models may already be deeply RL-optimized for automated research, signaling self-improvement may have arrived.

2026-09-13 ~ 2026-09-13 · 2 related posts

• Researcher: Frontier Models May Already Have RL-Trained on Auto-Research Tasks, Self-Improvement Here — generativist · 2026-09-13
• astra's 'Wild' Off-Beaten-Path Solutions Impress in Auto-Research Benchmark Re-Runs — generativist · 2026-09-13