How does research evolve, and what substrate would let us forecast where it goes next? Scientific progress is not simply a uniform accumulation of facts: ideas extend prior methods, address known limitations, realize proposed future directions, and sometimes dispute earlier claims.
arXiv:2606. 15497v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The automation of science is a long-standing ambition in the field of AI.
By Yutaro Yamada, Robert Tjarko Lange, Cong Lu, Chris Lu, Shengran Hu, Jakob Foerster, David Ha, Jeff Clune
arXiv:2607. 01233v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLMs are increasingly used to brainstorm research ideas, but existing evaluations mostly judge individual ideas by novelty, feasibility, or expert preference.
By Ziyu Chen, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan
arXiv:2608. 14881v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI co-scientists that generate hypotheses, retrieve related work, design experiments, execute code, and draft full papers are beginning to change how research is carried out.
By Bo Ni, Franck Dernoncourt, Hongjie Chen, Yu Wang, Nesreen K. Ahmed, Zhengzhong Tu, Tyler Derr, Ryan A. Rossi
arXiv:2602. 20459v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Can AI systems trained on the existing scientific record forecast the advances that will follow?
By Anirudh Ajith, Amanpreet Singh, Jay DeYoung, Nadav Kunievsky, Austin C. Kozlowski, Oyvind Tafjord, James Evans, Daniel S. Weld, Tom Hope, Doug Downey
arXiv:2607. 04439v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models have made research ideation increasingly accessible, yet effective idea development requires more than generating candidate directions.
By Qihao Zhao, Yangyu Huang, Yalun Dai, Lingao Xiao, Jianjun Gao, Xin Zhang, Wenshan Wu, Scarlett Li, Yang He, Yan Lu, Yap Kim Hui