Recursive Self-Improvement

An AI researcher reviewing charts of model benchmark scores on large monitors in a dark office

Anthropic's AI Is Improving Twice as Fast, Independent METR Review Finds

Anthropic is improving its AI models about twice as fast as it did a year ago, according to an independent review published Thursday. METR, the nonprofit group that evaluates frontier AI systems, spent 11 weeks inside Anthropic’s data and concluded the company is likely advancing on well-specified tasks at around double the pace it managed between March 2024 and October 2025. Its central estimate puts the speedup at 1.9 times the old rate. The researchers said they would “not be surprised” if the real figure landed anywhere from 1.3 to 3 times. ...

A software engineer reviewing lines of code on large monitors in a dark office

Anthropic says recursive self-improvement may be imminent for AI

Anthropic told investors on November 2, 2026, that AI may soon start improving itself faster than the company’s own safety work can keep up. The warning sits in the Risk Factors section of its amended S-1/A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the document the Claude maker filed as it moves toward a public listing. TechCrunch first flagged the new language on Monday, and WCCFTech confirmed the same filing language in its own report. ...