Can AI automate AI R&D yet?

Global Science Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:42:01 GMT Moderate confidence — 64/100

IntroductionAI developers aim to create an automated AI researcher.
Existing evidence shows that AI can perform software engineering tasks relevant to AI research, dataset creation,1 and other tasks, including open-ended optimization of defined metrics (autoresearch).

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IntroductionAI developers aim to create an automated AI researcher.
Existing evidence shows that AI can perform software engineering tasks relevant to AI research, dataset creation,1 and other tasks, including open-ended optimization of defined metrics (autoresearch).

Sources: Epoch