Tech Crunch – Sakana claims its AI paper passed peer review — but it’s a bit more nuanced than that

Posted on March 12, 2025

Japanese startup Sakana said that its AI generated the first peer-reviewed scientific publication. But while the claim isn’t untrue, there are significant caveats to note. The debate swirling around AI and its role in the scientific process grows fiercer by the day. Many researchers don’t believe AI is quite ready to serve as a “co-scientist,” […]