Apex unveils Astra, an automated AI research system aimed at AI improving AI
thetripathi58 · x · 2026-09-08
Apex published an article exploring 'what happens when AI starts improving AI,' introducing Astra, its automated AI research system. It argues continued progress of today's most capable models depends on smarter pre-training decisions and better strategies during training, and positions Astra as a real building block — not proof — toward recursive self-improvement. The sharer highlights the framing: 'research is the engine of RSI' — faster execution only goes further down a known path; research finds a new one.
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