AI is dramatically accelerating AI research

planned-obsolescence.orgNov 6, 12:27 PM PT

Theo Bearman @theobearman
Anthropic updated its S1 this morning. Notable additions re automated AI R&D and human oversight of it: "[...] our internal estimates and our expectations regarding future models, rather than our current models, indicate that we may imminently meet our Responsible Scaling…
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Published: Nov 6, 12:27 PM PT
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Edition: Friday, November 6, 2026, ranked 6
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Topics: AI

Launch

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Google's announcement of Gemini 4 Carbon, released the day after Anthropic's Fable 5.2.

Google8:07 AM PTNov 10, 2026 Details

Funding

Industrial automation startup Path Robotics raises $300M in funding (opens siliconangle.com)

Path automates industrial welding; Georgian led, joined by a consortium including Yamaha Motor's venture arm.

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Funding

Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises (opens siliconangle.com)

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News

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News

Sources: Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to raise its IPO price following heavy demand, which could increase the valuation target to $1.5T or more (opens ft.com)

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Financial Times4:45 PM PTNov 10, 2026 Details

News

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AI is dramatically accelerating AI research

Related stories

Gemini 4 Carbon is now available (opens blog.google)

Industrial automation startup Path Robotics raises $300M in funding (opens siliconangle.com)

Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises (opens siliconangle.com)

Anthropic sets IPO price range of $70 to $78 per share to reach an implied valuation of $1.404 trillion (opens techcrunch.com)

Sources: Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to raise its IPO price following heavy demand, which could increase the valuation target to $1.5T or more (opens ft.com)

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