Paper2Agent AI: How Research Papers Are Becoming Interactive AI Agents Research papers have traditionally been static documents. Scientists read them, study their methods, examine the data and then try to reproduce or build on the research themselves. That could be changing. Researchers from Stanford have introduced Paper2Agent , an AI framework designed to transform research papers into interactive AI agents. The technology can allow users to ask questions about a paper, use its methods on new data and potentially connect different research papers through AI agents. The work was published in Nature on September 16, 2026. The idea is simple but significant: Instead of a research paper being something you only read, it could become something you can interact with and use. What Is Paper2Agent? Paper2Agent is an automated framework that converts research papers and their associated resources into AI agents. The system can work with a paper's: Manuscript Code Data Figures Supplementar...