--- title: 'Research Daily Summary: What Happened on October 4, 2026' headline: UK funder used AI to screen 179 grant proposals description: CRANE said the models removed the lowest-ranked 50% before full human review. url: https://thebench.bio/news/research/2026-10-04 topic: research date: '2026-10-04' covers: - '2026-10-04' date_published: '2026-10-04T18:54:54Z' date_modified: '2026-10-04T18:54:54Z' sources: 1 publisher: The Bench (thebench.bio) --- # Research Daily Summary: What Happened on October 4, 2026 **UK funder used AI to screen 179 grant proposals** CRANE said the models removed the lowest-ranked 50% before full human review. ## Today in brief CRANE used AI models to assess 179 grant proposals, removing the lowest-ranked half before human review, according to its communication. [1] ## Also worth knowing - CRANE's communication said its AI models assessed 179 proposals and removed the lowest-ranked 50% before full human review. [1] ## The day in numbers - **179**: Proposals assessed by CRANE's AI models, according to the funder's communication. [1] - **50%**: Share of proposals the models removed before full human review, according to CRANE. [1] ## Sources 1. [Weekly reads: AI grant review, sham orgs trick academics, Origin Genomics, CRISPR babies](), The Niche, 2026-10-04 --- The Bench wrote this from the reporting cited above, with a language model drafting and editing. [1]: