Anthropic's AI Development Accelerates, Raising Concerns Among Researchers Despite Calls for Caution
A new report by the AI safety research organization METR reveals that Anthropic's AI models are improving at an accelerated rate, roughly twice as quickly as a year ago. This acceleration is primarily attributed to AI itself, rather than just increased computing power. The findings indicate that Anthropic's models have made approximately two years of historical progress within the last year. This development comes as Anthropic, a company whose CEO, Dario Amodei, has publicly advocated for slowing down AI development, is preparing to go public. The report also highlights that much of this acceleration is due to AI assisting human researchers, though there are signs that fully autonomous contributions will play a larger role soon. METR's investigation, which lasted 11 weeks, provided a rare look into the internal workings of a leading AI lab, but Anthropic heavily redacted portions of the final report, citing commercial sensitivity and the risk of providing a roadmap to competitors.
