Jürgen Schmidhuber joins Sakana AI as chief scientific advisor to lead its Recursive Self-Improvement lab
hardmaru · x · 2026-09-25
Nikkei reports that Sakana AI has appointed Jürgen Schmidhuber — the "father of modern AI" — as its Chief Scientific Advisor while he keeps his roles at the Swiss AI Lab (IDSIA).
- He will guide Sakana's newly launched RSI Lab, which researches automating AI model improvement by AI itself (Recursive Self-Improvement)
- He will visit Tokyo regularly to work with the research team
- Schmidhuber proposed self-improving learning programs in papers back in the 1980s
The move fits Sakana's strategy of countering Japan's AI brain drain by recruiting world-class researchers. The article also references Sakana Fugu's return to top-tier benchmark performance, partnerships with Sumitomo and SCSK, and a defense-related AI pilot.
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