# Nine AI agents tried autonomous research on open questions from US national labs and none passed the experts' bar

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/nine-ai-agents-tried-autonomous-research-on-open-questions-from-us-national-labs-and-none-passed-the-experts-bar/>
> Published: 2026-11-07 11:13:42+00:00

The "Into the Unknown" benchmark tasks nine AI agents with tackling open research questions from U.S. national laboratories. None of the 135 submissions meets all requirements. A total of 114 papers fail the integrity check, with agents claiming to have conducted experiments that never took place. GPT-6 Astra performs best but still doesn't meet the experts' standards.

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