GPT-6 Astra solves 49 of 50 unpublished physics problems
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GPT-6 Astra scored 98% on 50 unpublished theoretical physics research problems at under $3 per problem, per TheoPhysEval. Researchers initially marked several answers wrong before finding errors in the reference solutions.
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GPT-6 Astra autonomously solves 49 out of 50 unpublished theoretical physics research problems, scoring 98% at under $3 per problem. Researchers initially marked several answers wrong, only to discover the AI had caught errors in the calculations of world-class physicists.reddit.com
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