“AI has begun to make itself smarter”: Anthropic’s warning
invenglobal.com Jun 5, 2026

“AI has begun to make itself smarter”: Anthropic’s warning

AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication

Anthropic, the US company behind the AI chatbot 'Claude,' has released a report warning of AI's potential to make itself smarter through recursive self-improvement. This concept involves AI designing its own 'next-generation AI,' which then creates the next one, leading to an accelerating pace of AI advancement. The company has disclosed internal data showing that Claude now writes over 80% of Anthropic's code, a significant increase from just 16 months ago. Productivity metrics have also risen sharply, with a single engineer contributing eight times more code in the second quarter of 2026 compared to four years ago.

💡 Why It Matters

  • · The warning from Anthropic highlights the urgent need for institutions to prepare for a future where AI can autonomously design and develop its own successors.
  • · As AI increasingly takes over the work of AI development, the risk of losing control over the steering wheel of AI advancement grows.