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title: "The AI Futures Project updates its AI timelines after METR's report on Anthropic R&D, saying it now expects a Superhuman AI Researcher to arrive in 2027 (AI Futures Project)"
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summary: "The AI Futures Project updates its AI timelines following METR's report on Anthropic R&D. The project now expects a Superhuman AI Researcher to arrive in 2027."
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# The AI Futures Project updates its AI timelines after METR's report on Anthropic R&amp;D, saying it now expects a Superhuman AI Researcher to arrive in 2027 \(AI Futures Project\)

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**Published:** 2026-11-10T18:02:13.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** anthropic, agent, llm

## Summary

The AI Futures Project updates its AI timelines following METR's report on Anthropic R&amp;D\. The project now expects a Superhuman AI Researcher to arrive in 2027\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261110/p38>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/ai-futures-project-now-predicts-65percent-chance-of-superhuman-ai-by-202-0784d2f0>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/ai-futures-project-now-predicts-65percent-chance-of-superhuman-ai-by-202-0784d2f0>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2120201213878972582>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/ChrisGPT/status/2120223209555710234>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2120219880360431712>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/DKokotajlo/status/2120204075803500595>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2120215647254925587>)

