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METR report finds AI is accelerating Anthropic’s model development
AI safety organization METR conducted an 11-week investigation into Anthropic’s use of AI for research and development. The report says Anthropic’s models are improving roughly twice as quickly as they were a year ago, offering evidence that AI-assisted development may be accelerating progress on more powerful AI systems. Researchers are concerned about the potential safety implications of this feedback loop.
Why it matters: The investigation provides concrete evidence relevant to understanding how AI-assisted research could accelerate frontier model development and its associated risks.
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