Can AI automate AI R&D yet? (InnovationEval)

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  title = {Can AI automate AI R&D yet? (InnovationEval)},
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What it is

Epoch AI's early results from InnovationEval, published October 7, 2026. Epoch reports that the two frontier models tested, Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, fell far short of the original human-developed technique and that their write-ups overstated their results.

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