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Sakana AI bets AI that improves itself can break the compute arms race of frontier labs

Sakana AI, a Japanese startup co-founded by Transformer co-author Llion Jones, has launched a dedicated research lab for recursive self-improvement (RSI), a technology where AI iteratively improves itself. The company positions RSI as an alternative to the raw compute arms race among major US AI labs. Anthropic has warned about the control risks associated with this very technology.

read1 min publishedJun 6, 2026

Sakana AI has launched a dedicated research lab for recursive self-improvement: AI that iteratively improves itself. The Japanese startup, co-founded by Transformer co-author Llion Jones, sees RSI as an alternative to the raw compute arms race among big US labs. Anthropic, meanwhile, warns about the control risks of this very technology.

The article Sakana AI bets AI that improves itself can break the compute arms race of frontier labs appeared first on The Decoder.

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