# Z.ai founder Tang Jie says self-improving AI is key to AGI, but safety is essential

> Original title: Self-improving AI the key step towards AGI but safety is key: Z.ai founder

- Source: South China Morning Post · Tech
- Published: 2026-11-01T12:00:19.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/rfizqhm2xj7vtpttyj10y33x0
- Original: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3372834/self-improving-ai-key-step-towards-agi-safety-key-zai-founder

## Summary

Tang Jie, co-founder of Z.ai and a Tsinghua University professor, said at a Shanghai event on Saturday that recursive self-improvement is the main research problem for achieving artificial general intelligence. He said this would have to be done safely.