Autoresearch

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karpathy • Updated 2026 Sep 29 14:0

When a human writes high-level instructions in program.md, the agent repeatedly loops through modifying train.py, running a five-minute training job, and checking the results. It uses Git as research memory: if the metrics improve, it commits the change; otherwise, it rolls back with git reset. It even independently discovered that improving iteration speed was more beneficial than increasing batch size. Beyond ML training, this approach can be applied to any coding task that can be measured with metrics.
Autoresearch isn’t just for training models (2026) - Shopify
How we cut our CI pipeline build time by 65% and open-sourced the project.
Autoresearch isn’t just for training models (2026) - Shopify
Google Cloud AI Research's autonomous research system
ScientistTwo: Pioneering the Human Knowledge Frontier with Autonomous AI
Beats human SOTA on 86 of 107 research problems (+25.2% avg. gain), with papers that outscore accepted ICLR 2026 and NeurIPS 2025 submissions.
ScientistTwo: Pioneering the Human Knowledge Frontier with Autonomous AI
 
 

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