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A LessWrong post cites self-reported figures that in March 2026 Anthropic researchers produced 4x more output with AI tools than without them, and states that third-party safety researchers are sped up by roughly 1.6x. The post says public evidence is lacking on how this acceleration may differ across groups.
Why it matters: Self-reported speedups for safety researchers and lab staff suggest AI tools are compressing research timelines, though the post notes the evidence is not public.
Written by AI from LessWrong's published text.
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Source
“TL;DR: Labs are accelerating due to automated AI research and development. As an upper bound, in March 2026, Anthropic researchers self-reported producing 4x more output with AI tools than without them.”
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