# physics

GPT-5.2 derived a new physics formula that textbooks said was zero for decades. It simplified superexponentially complex gluon equations, spotted a pattern, and proposed a general formula — then proved it in a 12-hour reasoning session. Co-authored with Harvard, Cambridge, and IAS.

Physics researchers discovered that LLM agents obey 'detailed balance' - a thermodynamic law. This isn't a bug, it's a feature.