# Top AI lab researchers warned about automated AI research, and several of their predicted milestones have already fallen

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/top-ai-lab-researchers-warned-about-automated-ai-research-and-several-of-their-predicted-milestones-have-already-fallen/>
> Published: 2026-08-13 10:42:05+00:00

IAPS fellow Severin Field interviewed 25 researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Deepmind, Meta, and US universities about recursive self-improvement. In a new blog post, he takes stock. Several of the milestones those researchers named have already been hit.

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