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The Download: AI’s self-improvement problem, and what’s driving the heat

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This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

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AI's recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all The AI industry's boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost no need for human oversight.…

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