The Last Human-Written Paper: Agent-Native Research Artifacts

Researchers proposed Agent-Native Research Artifacts (ARA), a machine-executable alternative to traditional papers.

ARA bundles a four-layer research package plus tools for tracking development history, converting papers, and enabling automated review.

On benchmarks such as PaperBench and RE-Bench, the approach improved QA accuracy and reproduction results.

The paper argues that conventional publications often lose critical details, while ARA better supports reproduction, extension, and AI use.