IF AI COULD INTERACT AND LEARN FROM THE PHYSICAL WORLD, COULD IT MAKE MORE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES?

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OpenAI partnered with Red Queen Bio to introduce a new evolutionary framework that uses GPT-5 to optimize cloning protocols. The project involved the pilot of an autonomous robot to carry out the protocols. GPT-achieved a 79x cloning efficiency gain and introduced a new enzyme-based approach. While this is not a bio breakthrough, the novel optimization shows that GPT-5 is at the level of a competent PhD student at this task.