Why a new report on Anthropic automating AI development is alarming researchers

What happened

Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI. And it appears to be working remarkably well, with the company's models improving roughly twice as quickly as a year ago, with little indication of slowing down. Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco.

| Photo: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI. That's according to a new report published Thursday by the AI safety research organization METR, following an 11-week investigation inside the company, as part of a report evaluating its AI research and development.