METR Report Finds Anthropic's AI Models Improving Twice as Fast Using AI in Development

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AI safety research group METR released a report on Thursday examining how Anthropic uses AI to help build its own models. The findings followed an 11-week investigation inside the company as part of a broader evaluation of its AI research and development. According to the report, Anthropic's models are improving at roughly twice the pace they did a year ago, with no clear sign of slowing. The investigation is separate from a program that gives safety researchers employee-like access to the company's systems after high-profile hacking incidents over the summer. The report is being closely watched because it offers some of the clearest evidence so far of AI accelerating AI development.

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