In this interactive demo, participants will have the opportunity to directly interact with our AI system, experiencing firsthand how it navigates scientific questions, autonomously searches for relevant literature, and performs symbolic mathematical reasoning in real-time. A particular highlight will include our system's capability for symbolic regression demonstrated via an interactive scenario, such as deriving equations governing simple physical systems from raw data.

Fundamental physics research today is constrained by unprecedented complexity that extends beyond our current research capacity, and often human intuition itself. FirstPrinciples is developing an advanced AI system designed to accelerate discovery and enhance transparency in fundamental physics research. Leveraging specialized models and tools that perform targeted tasks (e.g. symbolic reasoning and deep literature search) our system will ingest scientific datasets and literature to derive equations, generate hypotheses, and capture the flexibility, creativity and strict rigour required to execute scientific workflows.

In this interactive demo, participants will have the opportunity to experience how the AI Physicist navigates scientific questions. Participants will observe the system's transparent reasoning process, which clearly displays its internal steps and references to open-access sources, among other essential features to ensure trust and reproducibility. This demonstration aims to foster meaningful interactions, gathering valuable community feedback to guide future improvements, collaborations, and expansions.

We anticipate this interactive session will facilitate networking, encourage collaboration, highlight the transformative potential of transparent AI assistance within the open research community, and demonstrate practical alignment with OSFair’s emphasis on openness, reproducibility, and innovative research infrastructures supporting sustainable scientific collaboration.