AI-assisted research

  • Google reports new research results from its Teamwork system — Its November 13 account shows how teams combine model-generated candidates with checks on proofs and software.
    • An agent is a model running a multi-step task with tools. Google says Teamwork divides work among agents, including separate critics, and checks candidates with tools such as proof checkers and software tests.
    • Google reports that its LEAP system formalized an existing proof of the Weil conjectures in Lean, a language whose proof checker checks each logical step. It says the formalization used about 1.8 million lines of Lean across 28,800 subagent invocations.
    • The company describes human researchers framing problems and checking results. It says some Teamwork patterns are available in Antigravity and that more features will reach external users in coming weeks.
    • Caveat: Google’s account is a report of its own collaborations; a checked proof also depends on the formal statement matching the intended mathematical claim.
    • Related background: Google’s earlier Signal code-verification work used a different workflow and target. (HN 128 points · 33 comments · Google Research)

Browser tools for coding assistants

  • Agweb offers coding assistants a visible browser without stealing focus — Mac developers can watch several automated browsing sessions while continuing to use their keyboard.
    • The author’s Show HN project uses Safari’s WebKit engine and exposes shell commands for opening pages, inspecting elements and clicking. Its dashboard groups tabs by agent workspace.
    • Named profiles share logins across workspaces. A secret-command option can fill a password without returning it in the assistant’s command reply, according to the README.
    • The project is MIT-licensed and requires macOS 26 or later. It documents a handoff for login, multi-factor authentication or CAPTCHA and a source build requiring Xcode 26 or later.
    • Caveat: It uses WebKit only; Chrome-specific sites or tools that depend on Chrome’s debugging protocol may not work. (HN 74 points · 21 comments · project README)
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