Google says self-improving AI isn't anywhere close

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Google says self-improving AI isn't anywhere close

The Decoder · Oct 14, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

Google engineer Haydn Belfield says there's no measurable acceleration of AI research driven by AI at Deepmind. AI now writes more than 75 percent of production code, but 88 percent of changes still need human oversight. The company's in-house General Capability Index shows steady growth with no sudden speedup.…

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