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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 22 Jan 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about Anthropic and OpenAI .
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Google Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated. Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated. Last stated a month ago
13 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
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Jan Leike — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Internal models at Anthropic and OpenAI are improving even faster than AI overall, with early recursive self-improvement beginning over the summer. — tap to centre the map on it Internal models at Anthropic and OpenAI are improving even faster than AI overall, with early recursive self-improvement beginning over the summer. Last stated a month ago
14 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI companies are building powerful and beautiful walled gardens. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies are building powerful and beautiful walled gardens. Last stated today
22 Oct 2026
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Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic's new credit scheme goes some way to overcoming the difference with OpenAI's Codex subscription deal. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic's new credit scheme goes some way to overcoming the difference with OpenAI's Codex subscription deal. Last stated 2 weeks ago
7 Oct 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At Anthropic, a less severe version of an OpenAI-style rogue-AI incident is known to have happened, and worse undisclosed internal incidents seem likely. — tap to centre the map on it At Anthropic, a less severe version of an OpenAI-style rogue-AI incident is known to have happened, and worse undisclosed internal incidents seem likely. Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL. — tap to centre the map on it Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Frontier AI models' cyberattack capabilities are doubling every few months, and that pace is accelerating. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI models' cyberattack capabilities are doubling every few months, and that pace is accelerating. Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space. — tap to centre the map on it Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. Last stated 4 weeks ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started. — tap to centre the map on it AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started. Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033. — tap to centre the map on it AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033. Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans writing curated helper tools and datasets will let AI systems bootstrap their capabilities beyond human levels. — tap to centre the map on it Humans writing curated helper tools and datasets will let AI systems bootstrap their capabilities beyond human levels. Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence. Last stated a month ago
19 Sept 2026
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Today's AI systems are significantly under-elicited for their ability to automate AI R&D. — tap to centre the map on it Today's AI systems are significantly under-elicited for their ability to automate AI R&D. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. — tap to centre the map on it At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The biggest failure in the HuggingFace hack incident was that the AI models involved were severely misaligned. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest failure in the HuggingFace hack incident was that the AI models involved were severely misaligned. Last stated 2 months ago
29 Aug 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The most reassuring thing about the Hugging Face swarm is that it was not interested in humans at all, neither in alerting them nor in deceiving them. — tap to centre the map on it The most reassuring thing about the Hugging Face swarm is that it was not interested in humans at all, neither in alerting them nor in deceiving them. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated.
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Internal models at Anthropic and OpenAI are improving even faster than AI overall, with early recursive self-improvement beginning over the summer.
Holds
AI companies are building powerful and beautiful walled gardens.
Holds
Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years.
Holds
Anthropic's new credit scheme goes some way to overcoming the difference with OpenAI's Codex subscription deal.
Holds
At Anthropic, a less severe version of an OpenAI-style rogue-AI incident is known to have happened, and worse undisclosed internal incidents seem likely.
Holds
Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL.
Holds
Frontier AI models' cyberattack capabilities are doubling every few months, and that pace is accelerating.
Holds
Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space.
Holds
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Holds
AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started.
Holds
AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033.
Holds
Humans writing curated helper tools and datasets will let AI systems bootstrap their capabilities beyond human levels.
Holds
Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence.
Holds
Today's AI systems are significantly under-elicited for their ability to automate AI R&D.
Holds
At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse.
Holds
The biggest failure in the HuggingFace hack incident was that the AI models involved were severely misaligned.
Holds
The most reassuring thing about the Hugging Face swarm is that it was not interested in humans at all, neither in alerting them nor in deceiving them.
Holds