GPT-5.6 Sol runs MIT quantum chip measurements via Codex
OpenAI published on September 8, 2026 a case study in which MIT EQuS graduate student Beatriz Yankelevich connected GPT-5.6 Sol through Codex to lab software controlling superconducting qubit experiments, so the agent could choose parameters, run measurements, analyze results, and refine the next step on an uncalibrated six-qubit fabrication-benchmark chip. When signals were clear, Sol often finished standard calibration sequences with little supervision; weak or noisy signals still needed an experienced researcher, and the lab now routinely uses agents for overnight and cleanroom-parallel characterization. This is an applied Sol+Codex lab workflow story, not the GPT-6 Astra launch, not ChatGPT Images 2.5, and not Navier–Stokes.
I can have agents running measurements for many hours overnight or while I’m working in the cleanroom.