METR report: AI R&D at Anthropic has sped up ~2x as AI starts accelerating AI research
iruletheworldmo · x · 2026-11-10
METR's report finds AI progress at Anthropic has sped up 2x, mostly because AI is now speeding up AI research itself. Ajeya Cotra and Ryan Greenblatt read this as a major update toward shorter AI timelines: a 2x speed-up implies a larger "time warp bubble" for staff and could compound extremely fast — and we aren't prepared.
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