두 팀이 GPT-5.6으로 3시간 내 동일한 양자 암호 퍼즐 해결
두 연구자가 openai의 gpt-5.6 sol ultra를 사용해 복제 불가능한 암호화 문제를 독립적으로 해결했으며, 논문 제출은 불과 3시간 차이로 이뤄졌다. 이러한 우연한 일치는 연구 가속화에서 ai의 커지는 역할을 부각하며 독립적 발견이라는 전통적 개념에 도전한다.
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.