METR report says Anthropic's internal model development has accelerated 1.9x since October 2025
METR released a risk assessment report stating that Anthropic's internal AI model development has accelerated 1.9x since October 2025, attributing this to Anthropic's extensive use of AI in R&D. The report's chart classifies Opus 5.5 as a "non-frontier" model, while also listing internal models named Model 3 and Model 4, showing that it achieved substantial improvements in a very short period of time.
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METR's risk assessment provides the quantitative conclusion that Anthropic's internal R&D has accelerated 1.9x, offering concrete evidence for the observable trend of AI accelerating its own development.
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View original postSince August, a team within METR has worked with internal Anthropic information to assess whether AI itself is accelerating AI development. We are now publishing a report summarizing the results of this risk assessment.
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Since August, a team within METR has worked with internal Anthropic information to assess whether AI itself is accelerating AI development. We are now publishing a report summarizing the results of this risk assessment.
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ANTHROPIC 🔥: According to the latest report from METR, Anthropic is accelerating its internal AI model development, and this is attributable to Anthropic’s extensive use of AI for R&D
> Anthropic have accelerated 1.9x since October 2025.
> The chart categorizes Opus 5.5 as "non-frontier" and highlights internal models named Model 3 and Model 4, with substantial improvement achieved in a very short period.
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