Published Sep 14, 2026, 9:30 AM ET · Updated 2 months ago · 1 source
Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’
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Researchers from China’s leading universities and tech giants are setting their sights on a crucial new front in the AI race with the US: developing systems capable of building better versions of themselves without human intervention. In a joint paper published on Thursday, researchers from ByteDance, Tsinghua University and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, among others, outlined a five-stage road map for recursive self-improvement (RSI). The study, titled “The Last AI Built by..