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AI4AI-Bench Shows Low Success in Recursive Self-Improvement

August 21, 2026

Testing agents on the AI4AI-Bench across 10 research repository families reveals low success rates for recursive self-improvement, with an average score of 0.166. Even the top performer, Opus 5, reached only 0.288, while median exploration costs rose significantly.

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researcherCurrent agents struggle significantly with improving training algorithms rather than just tuning hyperparameters.

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founderThe high cost and low success rates of RSI suggest significant technical hurdles in building truly autonomous AI research systems.

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