SMRTR AIAug 9, 2026TIME Magazine

Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself

Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself

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AI companies are racing to build systems that can improve themselves, a process called recursive self-improvement. Anthropic's Claude now writes 80% of the company's code, an eight-fold productivity increase, while OpenAI targets full automation of AI research by March 2028. Both companies' chief scientists warn that without international coordination, this race ends badly.

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