Leading AI labs may be close to automating AI research, raising control risks
FlorianGallwitz · x · 2026-07-29
A quoted line says the world’s leading AI companies believe they may be close to automating AI research. The concern is that if capability development starts accelerating itself, progress could move beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.
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