# AI Agents Are Taking Direct Control of Laboratory Instruments

OpenAI describes Codex calibrating qubits at MIT without constant supervision, weeks after Anthropic opened a specification for agents to operate physical hardware.

- Published: 2026-09-09T06:20:57.202Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-09-09/ai-agents-are-taking-direct-control-of-laboratory-instrument
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/codex-quantum-computing-experiments), [Anthropic News](https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-hardware-standard-research-preview)

OpenAI published an account on September 8 of an MIT researcher connecting Codex, running GPT-5.6 Sol, to the software that coordinates a quantum computing laboratory. The model chose measurement parameters from the chip's design targets, o…

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