{"id":236773,"date":"2026-05-08T14:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/anthropic-research-warns-ai-could-build-itself-by-2028"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:03:31","slug":"anthropic-research-warns-ai-could-build-itself-by-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/anthropic-research-warns-ai-could-build-itself-by-2028","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic research warns AI could build itself by 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sViyNJzf-OQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this exclusive interview, Axios co-founder Mike Allen sits down with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark to discuss his warning that by 2028, AI systems may be able to improve and build better versions of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Clark explains why Anthropic is preparing for the possibility of an \u201cintelligence explosion,\u201d how advanced AI could accelerate breakthroughs in science and medicine, and why governments, companies and researchers need new plans for cyber threats, bio risks, economic disruption and the future of work.<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps:<br \/> 00:00 \u2014 Introduction: the future of AI<br \/> 00:41 \u2014 The 2028 prediction: AI building itself.<br \/> 01:49 \u2014 The risks of rapid acceleration.<br \/> 03:11 \u2014 The 3D printer metaphor.<br \/> 05:21 \u2014 Intelligence explosion and fire drill scenarios.<br \/> 06:55 \u2014 Building a \\.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this exclusive interview, Axios co-founder Mike Allen sits down with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark to discuss his warning that by 2028, AI systems may be able to improve and build better versions of themselves. Clark explains why Anthropic is preparing for the possibility of an \u201cintelligence explosion,\u201d how advanced AI could accelerate breakthroughs in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,34,39,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-economics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}