Microsoft's ab initio wavefunction foundation model accurately predicts chemical bond breaking
yaakebeku1530 · x · 2026-09-21
Microsoft Research released an ab initio foundation model of wavefunctions built on deep Quantum Monte Carlo that accurately describes chemical bond breaking. A commenter raises a technical question: since the model treats electrons as wavefunctions at effectively 0 K and molecular configurations as classical, does it technically fail to capture electron-vibrational energy exchange during bond breaking?
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