RSI is also defined as an “AI system capable of fully autonomously designing and developing its own successor,” per Anthropic’s blog post. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not inevitable. But it could come sooner than most institutions are prepared for.”
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‘We have to prove that we can do everything that we need to from the ground up,’ said AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.
Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon highlights the risks of autonomous warfare — but obscures just how close it is.
Madry had been one of the company’s top safety executives (“head of preparedness”) before he was reassigned to a role focused on AI reasoning last summer. On Thursday, he announced he’s leaving OpenAI to work on something new, centered on AI’s impact on the economy.
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Google has been working on agentic AI for years. Building on the viral success of OpenClaw could finally tip the scales.