Anthropic Says AI Is Speeding Up Its Research, Co-Founder Responds to METR Report

Sam McCandlish, a co-founder of Anthropic, responded to a report on Thursday in a lengthy post on X. He wrote that many of the conclusions in the METR report match his own views. He stated that AI is accelerating the company's research, though he acknowledged it is difficult to quantify exactly how much. The response comes amid reported calls for a slowdown in AI development. The source material provided is limited, so further details of the METR report's findings are not covered here.