GPT-5 demonstrates the ability to assist in scientific research in a real laboratory environment.

OpenAI has revealed for the first time that GPT-5 has shown the ability to assist in scientific research in a real laboratory environment. OpenAI collaborated with the biotech startup Red Queen Bio to build a testing framework to evaluate the performance of AI models in a laboratory setting, which involves handling liquids, chemicals, and biological samples. In the experiment, GPT-5 proposed improvements to the molecular cloning experiment process, which were carried out by human scientists. The results were then fed back to GPT-5, which iteratively optimized the solutions based on the feedback. The experimental results showed that GPT-5 improved the efficiency of a standard molecular cloning process by 79 times.