Sakana AI's AI scientist wrote ICLR paper accepted then withdrawn
The AI Scientist, built by Sakana AI in Tokyo, has managed to write an academic paper that was accepted at an ICLR workshop and later withdrawn.
This bot doesn't just write: it comes up with its own research ideas, runs experiments, analyzes data, and drafts the whole manuscript.
It's a big step for AI in science.
Sakana AI urges disclosure after withdrawal
To see how well its creation worked, Sakana AI submitted three papers to a major conference where reviewers knew some entries might be written by an AI (but not which ones).
One of these papers was accepted but later withdrawn for transparency reasons.
While impressive, there are concerns, like the risk of fake references or repeated figures, which is why Sakana says clear disclosure rules are needed as more AIs join the research world.