With the overwhelming number of AI research papers published annually, a new open-source pipeline called Research Agent aims to streamline the process of finding relevant work. The tool pulls recent arxiv papers from specific AI categories, filters them by semantic similarity to a research brief, classifies them into relevant categories, and ranks them based on influence signals. It also provides easy access to top-ranked papers with abstracts and plain English summaries. While the tool offers a promising solution to AI paper fatigue, it faces challenges such as potential inaccuracies in summaries due to LLM randomness and the non-stationary nature of influence prediction. Feedback is sought on improving ranking signals and identifying potential failure modes. This matters because it addresses the challenge of staying updated with significant AI research amidst an ever-growing volume of publications.
