Lu, Chris
Lu, Cong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5564-838X
Lange, Robert Tjarko
Yamada, Yutaro
Hu, Shengran
Foerster, Jakob https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9688-2498
Ha, David https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8765-8574
Clune, Jeff https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-5274
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 25 March 2026
Competing interests
: The principal investigator, J.C., has affiliations with the Vector Institute and Google DeepMind. This project has Vector Institute affiliations but is not connected to Google DeepMind. Chris Lu, Cong Lu, R.T.L., Y.Y., S.H. and D.H. are employees of or consultants for Sakana AI, a machine learning research company involved in the design of The AI Scientist. The principal investigator is not financially compensated by Sakana AI. These arrangements have been reviewed and approved by the University of British Columbia in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. The other authors declare no competing interests.