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PhySciBench

Can AI agents turn scientific requirements into working designs?

A physical-science benchmark for autonomous agents, beginning with photonic integrated circuits. Explore the tasks, compare results, and follow the work behind each design.

From requirements to designs

Watch the designs evolve.

One agent, four challenges across coupled physics.

Microresonator

Optical · RF · Electrical · Thermal

Wavelength channelizer

Optical channels · Electrothermal tuning

Interferometer mesh

Optical interference · Electrical & thermal control

MZI-ring filter

Optical filtering · Electrothermal tuning

Codex · GPT-5.6 Sol · Medium. Actual design steps, including failed attempts. Expand a video to inspect its performance.

From the blogIntroducing PhySciBench: benchmark and early results