This Latent Space AINews entry is extremely brief, framed by the title “not much happened today.” The visible body only adds that it was “a quiet day of RSI,” without naming any model, company, tool, paper, release, benchmark, or incident. As a result, it is best treated as a short commentary-style status note rather than a substantive AI news item.
TechCrunch reports that recursive self-improvement, or RSI, is becoming a new AI industry fixation, much like AGI. Researchers and startups including Recursive Superintelligence, Auto-Research, AutoScientist, and Disarray are exploring ways for AI systems to automate parts of AI research. But experts caution that AI-assisted research is not the same as fully autonomous self-improvement, especially while models still struggle with long-term self-direction and verification.
This issue of Import AI 456, written by Jack Clark, delves into three highly forward-looking and interconnected areas of AI development: the relationship…