Only Anthropic told NYC lawmakers its models write code for smarter successors
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-11
At an October 5 New York City Council hearing, lawmakers pressed AI companies on whether models write code that feeds into training their own smarter successors.
- Anthropic was the only company to confirm yes — its models do write code used in subsequent training rounds.
- OpenAI and Google dodged a direct answer by questioning whether the council member's description matched their technical definition of recursive self-improvement.
- Meta's representative could not say whether its models self-generate code.
Source: Forbes Breaking News YouTube coverage of the hearing.
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