{
  "id": 18711985,
  "title": "Why a new report on Anthropic automating AI development is alarming researchers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/why-a-new-report-on-anthropic-automating-ai-development-is-alarming",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-07T12:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029126/anthropic-metr-report-accelerating-ai-development"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new report published by the AI safety research organization METR reveals alarming evidence of AI accelerating its own development, particularly at Anthropic, the world's leading AI lab. The probe, conducted over 11 weeks, found that Anthropic's AI models improved roughly twice as quickly as a year ago, with benchmark scores indicating \"roughly two years of historical progress over the last year.\" This acceleration is largely attributed to AI assisting human researchers, with employees reporting being 12 times more productive when using AI assistance. However, METR also discovered that Anthropic has been working on three unreleased AI models since June, and redacted significant portions of the final report. This raises questions about the transparency of AI research and development, as well as the potential risks and dangers of AI systems becoming capable of improving themselves with little human involvement.",
  "summary": "Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI. And it appears to be working remarkably well, with the company's models improving roughly twice as quickly as a year ago, with little indication of slowing down. That's according to a new report published Thursday by the AI safety research organization METR, following an 11-week investigation […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Anthropic's AI models improved twice as fast as a year ago.",
    "Employees report 12 times higher productivity with AI assistance.",
    "Anthropic developed three unreleased AI models since June."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}