Can a chatbot be a co-author?

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Can a chatbot be a co-author?

Alfredo Guevara (from left), Andrew Strominger, and David Skinner.

Photo by Jeffrey Yang ’26

Eric Moskowitz

Harvard Staff Writer

February 19, 2026 6 min read

Physicists take souped-up ChatGPT out for a spin, return home with significant discovery 

Like many scientists, theoretical physicist Andrew Strominger...