Japanese tech startup Sakana AI has written the first AI-generated peer-reviewed scientific paper.

Its AI program, AI Scientist-v2, successfully passed a peer review process, and the paper was accepted at a workshop during the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), a major event in AI.

The AI-generated paper underwent the same review process as human submissions, with Sakana AI collaborating with the University of British Columbia and the University of Oxford.

AI Scientist is designed to independently produce scientific research, from concept to final report. The first version was released in August 2024, with AI Scientist-v2 as an upgraded version.

Sakana AI has not yet disclosed details about its technology but plans to share more information soon.