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A leading physicist credits a model with generalizing a calculation

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Ed Witten for the first time credited Claude Opus 4.8 with generalizing an entanglement-wedge calculation.

Reporting date: 2026-06-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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A leading physicist credits a model with generalizing a calculation
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Reporting date: 2026-06-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-25-a-physicist-credits-a-model-in-a-paper
Claim: Ed Witten for the first time credited Claude Opus 4.8 with generalizing an entanglement-wedge calculation.
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- Welcome to June 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-25-2026
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