# Ask HN: Does AI research need "world models" more than bigger LLMs? > Source: > Published: 2026-08-03 23:59:28+00:00 | |||||||||||||||| 2 points by | It seems that generating hypotheses is no longer the main problem. The harder problem may be continuously collecting real-world data, building accurate world models, and using them to guide experiments. Is this where automated research is heading? | ||||||||||||||| Applications are open till July 27. |