Correction: METR estimates Anthropic's capability growth accelerated 2x, driven by automated AI R&D
ronbodkin · x · 2026-11-06
The poster corrects an earlier misstatement: METR estimates Anthropic's capability growth rate accelerated by 2x, with most of that acceleration attributed to automating AI R&D itself. A notable empirical signal that the AI self-improvement loop is measurably speeding up frontier capability gains.
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