Anthropic open-sources BootLoops for precise scientific computing with AI
What happened
On 3 October 2026, The Decoder reported that Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz introduced the open-source tool BootLoops in a guest article for Anthropic, which lets Claude carry out precise scientific calculations. According to the report, the team produced 36 manuscripts across 18 fields in three months, involving 19 co-authors. This is the only publicly available information so far, with no further developments yet.
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- The DecoderOpen-source "BootLoops" harness supports AI models in performing precise scientific calculations
Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz used the open-source tool BootLoops and Claude to produce 36 manuscripts across 18 fields in three months, from particle physics to linguistics. But the results often only became scientifically valuable once human experts stepped in. "Look at everything yourself," Schwartz says.