# METR publishes assessment of whether AI is accelerating AI development

> Original title: Since August, a team within METR has worked with internal Anthropic information to assess whether AI itself is accelerating AI development.

- Source: METR
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:36:37.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/sbfqtylj59ivz1372d4ddoxl4
- Original: https://x.com/METR_Evals/status/2118412183860351084

## Summary

METR says a team within the organization has worked since August with internal Anthropic information to assess whether AI itself is accelerating AI development. METR is now publishing a report summarizing the results of this risk assessment.

## Post

Since August, a team within METR has worked with internal Anthropic information to assess whether AI itself is accelerating AI development.

We are now publishing a report summarizing the results of this risk assessment.