Recursive Self Improvement

Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic's own AI research: and what that means for recursive self-improvement

Anthropic's first R&D Automation Index shows Claude autonomously leads 26% of its AI research as of August 2026, up from under 1% in February.

17 September 2026

Agents & Automation

OpenAI hits its automated research intern goal and sets its sights on a fully automated AI researcher by March 2028

OpenAI's research org now logs 3.1 agent-workdays per human workday. It hit its intern milestone and targets a full AI researcher by March 2028.

6 September 2026

Agents & Automation

Claude now writes more than 80% of Anthropic's code — and the company warns recursive self-improvement may be closer than anyone expected

Anthropic reveals Claude authored 80%+ of its merged codebase by May 2026 and calls for international coordination before AI can fully design its own successors.

5 June 2026