A near-autonomous AI chemist runs 10,080 experiments and finds the trick

Claim

OpenAI and Molecule.one set a near-autonomous AI chemist loose in a robotic lab where, across 10,080 experiments, it taught itself the trick that made a stubborn but useful reaction work, lifting its yield.

Reported metric: 10,080 experiments

Reporting date: 2026-06-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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• Welcome to June 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)