MIT Reveals "Groundbreaking" AI Materials Research Was a Hoax

MIT has revealed that a "groundbreaking" 2024 study showing a surge of new materials discoveries by scientists using artificial intelligence tools was a hoax. The paper by a PHD student Aidan Toner-Rogers was widely touted by prestigious academic institutions, government agencies, and the press claimed that 1,018 scientists at an unnamed laboratory run by a large US firm had discovered 44% more new materials, filed 39% more patent appliations, and create 17% more prototypes. Now it appears the entire paper was fake, the lab and the scientists may not even exist, and the whole world took this too-good-to-be-true story at face value without asking any questions because they simply wanted it to be true.Support the Channel on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/NobodySpecialFinance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the Channel by Buying Me a Coffee ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nobodyspecial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to Nobody Special on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NobodySpecialFinance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Nobody Special on X(twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/JG_Nuke⁠⁠⁠