OpenAI agents analyze mouse brain data in 32 minutes
10/22/2026 — 10/23, 04:21·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- OpenAI worked with PerturbAI and Scripps Research to deploy thousands of GPT-Rosalind-based agents to analyze a whole-mouse-brain CRISPR atl…
- in blind tests, human experts preferred reports produced by distributed teams of agents 75% of the time.
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On October 22, 2026, The Decoder reported that OpenAI worked with PerturbAI and Scripps Research to deploy thousands of AI agents built on GPT-Rosalind to analyze a whole-brain CRISPR atlas of the mouse. The atlas maps how gene changes affect different cell types in the mouse brain, and the agents processed biological data drawn from millions of mouse cells. The full analysis took 32 minutes, while the team estimates that doing the same work by hand would take months to a year.
Each agent was assigned a single gene perturbation, examined how the cells responded, and searched the scientific literature for explanations. According to the report, the agents turned up an unexpected difference between two disease-related genes and a possible link between cholesterol regulation and neurodegeneration. In a blind test, human experts preferred reports produced in a distributed way by multiple agents in 75% of cases.
The available information stops at the results of this analysis round and the blind-test evaluation; the report does not describe any follow-up validation or plans for application.
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Latest turnOpenAI, working with PerturbAI and Scripps Research, deployed thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents to analyze a whole-brain CRISPR atlas of mouse cells, completing the work in 32 minutes versus an estimated several months to a year by hand. The agents surfaced unexpected differences between two disease-related genes and a possible link between cholesterol regulation and neurodegeneration, and human experts preferred their reports over a single agent's 75% of the time in blind comparisons.
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OpenAI, working with PerturbAI and Scripps Research, deployed thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents to analyze a whole-brain CRISPR atlas of mouse cells, completing the work in 32 minutes versus an estimated several months to a year by hand. The agents surfaced unexpected differences between two disease-related genes and a possible link between cholesterol regulation and neurodegeneration, and human experts preferred their reports over a single agent's 75% of the time in blind comparisons.
The DecoderAI score 67OpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research say thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents analyzed data from millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, a job that takes humans months. The distributed agents were used to help scientists surface promising research leads.
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