Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

A Chinese AI system, the Qiushi Engine developed by Zhejiang University, has achieved the top position on the ResearchClawBench leaderboard for autonomous scientific research. This international ranking, as of Tuesday, places Qiushi Engine ahead of other leading agents, including Open Science Desktop in second and Anthropic's Claude Code in third. ResearchClawBench evaluates AI agents' capacity to conduct research independently and compares their findings to human-authored reference papers. The benchmark assesses whether these AI systems can replicate or surpass the conclusions of original human research.