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AI development is moving so rapidly that soon it will be able to advance itself without human involvement, per a new blog post from Anthropic.

Why it matters: "Recursive self-improvement," a process in which AI systems build, test and improve themselves, is a phenomenon which may come sooner than expected, Anthropic says its research shows.