The RSP v3.4 changelog says the update revises the Automated R&D threshold so that it would not be considered crossed if the overall rate of AI progress were constant or slowing but estimated to be dramatically faster than without advanced AI tools, and that the threshold "is intended to capture the onset of dramatic recursive self-improvement, and has proven difficult to operationalize."

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It revises the Automated R&D capability threshold in light of further issues that have come up in discussion - particularly the question of whether we'd consider the threshold to be crossed if the overall rate of AI progress were constant or slowing, but we estimated that it was dramatically faster than it would be in the absence of advanced AI tools. We would not ... This threshold is intended to capture the onset of dramatic recursive self-improvement, and has proven difficult to operationalize.

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Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy, version 3.4
Anthropic · 2026-07-08

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How Anthropic's RSP decides a capability threshold is met, and what follows 5 Nov 2026