Edison Scientific launches Kosmos AI scientist

Kosmos is more reagent than chatbot, so the smartest spend is on a question with a known answer or clear validation path. The CPU-only box and 15GB cap are less of a blocker than they look because the product's value is in evidence synthesis and reasoning, not local training throughput.

• –Replicate a published AI result on a small public dataset or benchmark slice.
• –Have it build a literature map for a niche subfield and flag missing baselines or contradictory claims.
• –Ask for a traceable argument, not just a generic answer; provenance to papers and code paths is the product's real moat.
• –The 15GB upload cap pushes you toward curated evidence packs instead of bulk corpora, which is probably the right constraint for this kind of tool.
• –The current "months of research in a day" and ~80% reproducibility claims are exciting, but they still need independent evals before you treat Kosmos like a lab substitute.