The Information: OpenAI has largely automated experimental model training
According to The Information, OpenAI has largely automated the process of training new experimental models internally, which many relaying the report read as substantive progress toward "recursive self-improvement."
Confirmed
- The report says internal models can handle most of the work of building and training experimental models, including writing and optimizing GPU kernels and optimizing running code
- Researchers only need to provide one optimization example, and the AI can autonomously implement and test similar improvements within weeks
- Internal models can also collaborate with other AI agents without human involvement; OpenAI staff say this level of automation was only reached in recent months
- Some relays mention an OpenAI blog post published around the same time stating that a newly trained model solved 100 previously unsolved math problems
Not yet confirmed
- All of the above comes from relays of The Information's report (m1, m3, m4, m7, etc.); the original poster also cautioned that "the report's details should be checked against the original text." The exact scope and implementation of the automation have not been officially confirmed first-hand by OpenAI
Why it matters
- If accurate, this marks frontier labs entering a progressive stage of "models helping train models." @kimmonismus emphasized with a "recursive self-improvement is here" tone that OpenAI is using AI automation to drive model iteration itself, which could accelerate future model improvements while raising questions about the safety and oversight of automated R&D
2026-09-21 ~ 2026-09-22 · 7 related posts
Primary sources
- Report: OpenAI Using AI Models to Assist With AI Training, per The Information — BrennusSokol ·
- Report: OpenAI has automated much of experimental model training—AI writes GPU kernels, agents collaborate — Dr_Singularity ·
- OpenAI has largely automated training experimental models; new model cracks 100 open math problems — kimmonismus ·
- Report: OpenAI has largely automated training of new experimental AI models — zephyr_z9 · 2026-09-21
- [source] Report: OpenAI Using AI Models to Assist With AI Training, per The Information — BrennusSokol · 2026-09-22
- [source] OpenAI has largely automated training experimental models; new model cracks 100 open math problems — kimmonismus · 2026-09-22
- Report: OpenAI has largely automated training of new experimental models internally — kimmonismus · 2026-09-22
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