Scientific peer review can now be done by an AI that shows its work

Researchers built an AI system that can review scientific papers and explain how it reached its conclusions. This system finds more major problems in papers than human committees do in blind tests.

Peer review is slow and often misses critical issues. This paper shows an AI can help make the process faster and more thorough, while also making its reasoning clear. For years, a major concern with using AI in review was that it would be a black box, making decisions without explanation. This system directly addresses that by forcing the AI to show its work, making its judgments auditable.