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Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research

L4 · DeveloperModels & ReleasesTechCrunch AI· 8/22/2026

Shows how specialized training approaches can outperform larger frontier models on specific scientific tasks

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Inherent's Faraday outperformed Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 at scientific paper replication using a smaller 27B parameter Qwen model.

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Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.

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