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SPEAKER_01 says some observed phases have not previously been recorded in papers or databases.
Liam Fedus · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“XRD is x-ray diffraction, which you already described. Yeah, in some cases there's like a phase that just hasn't been recorded before.”
“It doesn't exist in any papers or database and so the AI has to actually go and sort of put, use these tools to say well what configuration atoms would actually explain these phases. But this becomes incredibly important for direct.”Play from 22:19Report a misattribution
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