Google Co-Scientist AI cracks superbug problem in two days! — because it had been fed the team’s previous paper with the answer in it

Google's Co-Scientist AI tool, powered by Gemini LLM, made headlines for supposedly solving a superbug problem in 48 hours, but it was later revealed that the solution was derived from previously published research. Similar patterns of overstated achievements were found in Google's other AI research claims, including drug discovery and materials synthesis.

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Google Co-Scientist AI cracks superbug problem in two days! — because it had been fed the team’s previous paper with the answer in it

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