Academic research is far behind the AI frontier, in every field we checked
A paper about a model is out of date before it clears review. In mathematics, the newest results come from a model no academic can run.
Finance research is being automated. Don't be left behind.
We bring the tools and techniques software developers already use to finance research, and track the papers, vendors and policies changing the field.
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All newsOpenAI releases machine-produced math results with Lean proofs and compute figures
The results come from an internal model. OpenAI says the average result used compute equal to roughly three hours of ChatGPT Pro thinking.
A benchmark of nine factor-mining methods finds no approach consistently wins
FactorBench compares roughly five thousand machine-mined factors across five equity markets, from genetic programming to LLM agents.
Self-evolving research agents show no consistent gain from accumulated skills in a factor test
Across 18 long-horizon alpha-research runs and 48 continuation branches, evolved capabilities did not reliably beat the starting set.
Seven LLMs scoring the same earnings calls agree with a rank correlation of 0.52
Across thirteen text measures on S&P 500 transcripts, the choice of model changes the size, sign and significance of downstream coefficients.
LLM literature reviews hold up for broad claims and break down for paper-level ones
A test on economics papers that use rainfall as an instrument finds accuracy falls as the reading task needs more context.
Scientists report saving nearly 7 hours a week with AI, and the bottleneck moves to verification
A study of 15 million Gemini interactions, over 2,600 specialized models and a survey of over 600 scientists maps how AI is used in research.
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All guidesAgent-first coding: Claude Code or OpenCode, and the layers you can delete
The choice that matters is not which editor. It is whether you write the code or describe the outcome and review what an agent did.
Make your data pull something an agent can run
Automation starts with the stage that has the clearest pass or fail. Turn the data pull into one command with checks and a manifest.
API, MCP, CLI or computer use: how to connect an AI agent to your research tools
Use the lowest-level, most structured interface the job allows. What that means for data pulls, vendor platforms and software with no API.
Fully automated research pipelines: what exists and how to point one at finance
Machine learning, mathematics, biomedicine and finance each have a system that runs most of the research loop. Two of them you can install today.