WIRED profiles Recursive's AI-builds-AI bet as insiders call Flint 'scary good'
_rockt · x · 2026-10-22
- WIRED covers Recursive's core thesis: using AI to automate AI research outweighs the risks; its Eureka Machine built the local coding model Flint from scratch in 4 months.
- Josh Tobin relays that Flint is "scary good", corroborating real-world performance; see Recursive's official release for details.
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