Study: AI Sharply Accelerates Cybersecurity Discoveries but Little Else

testingham and Nate Rush analyze whether AI accelerates scientific discovery, finding sharp acceleration only in cyberattacks and defense, marginal gains in math, and no notable change in algorithms. They argue impact should be measured by final aggregate output rather than proxy metrics like lines of code or token usage.

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