2チームがGPT-5.6を使って同じ量子暗号パズルを3時間以内に解決
2人の研究者が独立して、OpenAIのGPT-5.6 Sol Ultraを使用し、複製不可能な暗号問題を解決、論文提出の時間差はわずか3時間だった。この偶然の一致は、研究を加速するAIの役割の高まりを浮き彫りにし、独立した発見という従来の概念に疑問を投げかけている。
two groups of researchers, an mit phd student and a pair of professors from uc santa barbara and ucla, independently submitted papers on 'unclonable encryption' to arxiv.org within a three-hour window. both teams relied on openai's gpt-5.6 sol ultra to solve the problem, though they took different technical approaches to the quantum-based encryption method. this near-simultaneous discovery has forced the academic community to confront the implications of ai-assisted research, specifically questioning what constitutes an independent discovery when actors use the same proprietary model. researchers noted a fundamental change in workflow, with one scientist stating his current process has 'nothing to do with' how he worked just two months ago. the event suggests a future where ai models compress the time between scientific hypothesis and solution, potentially flooding journals with ai-generated insights and redefining the value of human intuition.