# Bad Influence story: Greg Brockman says test-time compute models are becoming science's engine

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-08 17:42. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/bf4eabb9-34ae-4856-b3c1-0140e631c393

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Latest update (11-08 17:42): Greg Brockman says frontier models with test-time compute are becoming science's engine

Overview: OpenAI president Greg Brockman says frontier models that use large amounts of test-time compute are becoming the engine of scientific discovery. He makes the claim in an X post dated November 8, 2026. The post gives no benchmarks, examples, or figures to support it.

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1. 11-08 17:42 · Greg Brockman · [Greg Brockman says frontier models with test-time compute are becoming science's engine](https://badinfluence.news/items/kf3ao6fwexs3e57w6nuodsch9)
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