nytimes.com

The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers

“Recursive self-improvement” is the idea that artificial intelligence could learn to build and train itself, creating exponential new progress — and risk. Jeff Clune, a computer scientist and ...
Mashable

What is recursive self-improvement? Why AI researchers are worried

How do you get from a chatbot that sometimes makes things up to a machine that humans might struggle to control? There are several steps in that argument, and plenty of uncertainty. But an idea known ...
LWN.net

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CNBC

Why fears of AI self-improvement are causing ‘existential’ concerns at Anthropic and OpenAI

Anthropic and OpenAI researchers raised fresh concerns about recursive self-improvement, the process by which AI helps improve the development of models. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have in recent ...
MLive

Collapsed building, tree on house: Damage stacks up after severe storms hit Michigan

A cluster of severe thunderstorms that marched across Michigan on Thursday afternoon caused widespread damage and left nearly 350,000 homes and businesses without power. While mid-Michigan saw some ...
MIT Technology Review

AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all

AI agents are not yet creative enough to carry out genuinely innovative open-ended AI research, it seems. The AI industry’s boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost ...
Wall Street Journal

What We Learned Tracing North Korea’s Hidden Workforce Inside American Companies

North Korea has built a secret workforce inside American companies. Using stolen identities, AI tools and U.S. accomplices, its operatives have cheated their way into remote jobs in an effort to earn ...
Time

Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself

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Recursion Partners with Genentech to Advance First Validated Neuro Target Discovered Through AI Map

The up-to-$12 billion artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery collaboration of Recursion, Roche, and its Genentech subsidiary marked a milestone Wednesday when plans were announced for Recursion ...
TechCrunch

Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon

On Tuesday, the AI company Recursive Superintelligence announced a $410 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million in funding, is ...
The Conversation

Is recursive self‑improvement the dawning of AI superintelligence?

The US AI research company Anthropic has become known for building powerful AI models while simultaneously warning about their dangers. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not ...