Google Co-Scientist AI cracks superbug problem in two days! — because it had been fed the team's previous paper with the answer in it

February 24, 2025 · David Gerard

URL: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/22/google-co-scientist-ai-cracks-superbug-problem-in-two-days-because-it-had-been-fed-the-teams-previous-paper-with-the-answer-in-it/

“It turns out Co-Scientist had been fed a 2023 paper by Penadés’ team that included a version of the hypothesis. The BBC coverage failed to mention this bit.”

Google’s AI co-scientist solved a superbug problem in two days because it had read the team’s 2023 paper containing the answer. The BBC left that out. DeepMind’s 2023 batch of new materials mostly turned out not to be new. The press release is the product.