How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments

GPT-5.6 Sol, connected to lab software through Codex (a code-generation AI), helped a researcher at MIT automate routine quantum computing experiments on superconducting qubits (quantum bits, the basic units of quantum computers). The AI successfully ran measurement workflows and made decisions about what to test next, saving time when signals were clear, though it struggled with weak or noisy experimental data and sometimes needed guidance from experienced researchers.