Meanwhile, rival Anthropic recently launched a new initiative supporting research with the help of advanced language model research. The larger ambition? To see if machines can automate the creative core of science and break into high-stakes industries like medicine and advanced materials.
OpenAI is no stranger to signaling future moves through Altman’s writings. Notably, when Altman wrote about a coming “year of agents” back in January, his company soon delivered with several science-focused research programs.