This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary Good

By Will Knight · Wired · Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 16:00 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Recursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks.

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