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HKUST Open-Sources 'The Fourth Institute' for Human-Agent Collaborative Research

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A team from HKUST has open-sourced 'The Fourth Institute,' an automated research platform designed to democratize access to large-scale AI agent collaboration. By establishing a framework for human-agent co-innovation, the project lowers barriers for individual researchers to leverage multi-agent systems for sustained scientific exploration.

LATEST/A team from HKUST has open-sourced 'The Fourth Institute,' an automated research platform designed to democratize access to large-scale AI agent collaboration. By establishing a framework for human-agent co-innovation, the project lowers barriers for individual researchers to leverage multi-agent systems for sustained scientific exploration.

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    • The open-source project 'The Fourth Institute' is led by Prof. Zheng Guangting and Dr. Ma Songchen from HKUST.
    • It aims to enable ordinary researchers with limited GPU resources to benefit from agent cluster collaboration.
    • The platform focuses on human-agent co-innovation rather than merely mimicking traditional research workflows.
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