AI speeds a major lab's research by 50%

8.8 significance by AI 2027 Research Q1 2026

Why does it matter?

Faster AI research would let the leading lab improve models much faster than normal human teams could.

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The bet of using AI to speed up AI research is starting to pay off. OpenBrain continues to deploy the iteratively improving Agent-1 internally for AI R&D. Overall, they are making algorithmic progress 50% faster than they would without AI assistants—and more importantly, faster than their competitors.

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