Exploring the use of AI authors and reviewers at Agents4Science

Summary

First-hand report from the organisers of Agents4Science, the first conference in which AI agents were the primary authors AND primary reviewers, with humans as co-authors/co-reviewers. Reports the design of the venue and the key learnings for human-AI collaboration in science. This is the canonical citation for the Agents4Science experiment that the RISE KB currently references only indirectly via aiXiv-style venues.

Contribution

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Method

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Relevance to RISE

Surfaced by the 2026-08-29 literature sweep as a high-priority candidate for the RISE knowledge base (angle: autonomous AI scientists and their evaluation). Verified against: arXiv abstract page opened 2026-08-29 (title, 5 authors, v1 19 Nov 2025, full abstract read)

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Key quotes

There is growing interest in using AI agents for scientific research, yet fundamental questions remain about their capabilities as scientists and reviewers. (abstract)

To explore these questions, we organized Agents4Science, the first conference in which AI agents serve as both primary authors and reviewers, with humans as co-authors and co-reviewers. (abstract)