Physicists find Anthropic's AI scooped their research result; collaborator checked it under NDA
benitoz · x · 2026-09-26
Physicist Ben Allanach (benitoz) reveals his team was scooped by Anthropic's AI on a research result. His collaborator, Stanford professor Lance Dixon, wrote a post titled "How does it feel to be scooped by a machine?" after verifying Anthropic's result under an NDA.
Allanach says he's still processing but "not entirely surprised," only wishing his team had the time and resources to complete the work first — a landmark moment for AI in frontier physics research.
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