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Oct 18, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

GPT-6 Astra Scores 98% on Physics Benchmark; MIT Reports 17.5x AI Gain

A new benchmark TheoPhysEval shows GPT-6 Astra solving 98% of unpublished theoretical physics problems, even correcting human experts' calculation errors, while an MIT study reveals AI's problem-solving rate in theoretical science has surged 17.5x over two years, reaching 35% across fields like quantum physics and economics.