AI agents are checking the scientific literature — and spotting decades-old errors
An AI fact-checking tool found errors in molecule boiling points listed in a chemistry reference database. Credit: Monty Rakusen/Getty. For decades, chemists have relied on handbo ...
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Published: 5 August 2026
Source: Nature Machine Intelligence
Category: Research
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 7 August 2026
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