How good are frontier models at physics?

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Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13009 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731620 Points: 32 # Comments: 8…

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  • Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13009 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731620 Points: 32 # Comments: 8…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:19:08 UTC.

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