GoKawiilMETR report finds Anthropic's AI models speeding up their own development
AI safety research group METR published a report Thursday after an 11-week investigation inside Anthropic, finding that the company's AI models are improving roughly twice as fast as they were a year ago. The report, part of an evaluation of Anthropic's AI research and development practices, notes Anthropic was allowed to redact portions of the final document under their agreement.
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The findings suggest AI systems may be increasingly accelerating their own development, which could raise questions about how soon AI might advance with minimal human oversight. The redactions permitted to Anthropic mean outside observers may have an incomplete picture of the pace and risks of frontier AI work, even as Anthropic prepares for a public listing and its CEO publicly urges caution on AI development speed.
- METR's 11-week probe found Anthropic's AI models improving about twice as fast as a year ago
- Anthropic could redact parts of the final report, limiting public insight into its practices
- The report comes as Anthropic prepares to go public while its CEO calls for slower AI development
Source: theverge.com — Robert Hart, 2026-11-07
Published there as: “Why a new report on Anthropic automating AI development is alarming researchers”
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