Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon.  But a new study suggests that it might take a while for us to get there. The ...

I stopped grinding textbook exercises when I found these Python games.

Jack Clark, Anthropic’s co-founder, left on paternity leave last November. When he returned in February, he was surprised to ...

When you hear it for the first time, you might think, "Are functions related to math?" However, programming functions are not that difficult. In this article, I will explain functions gently so that ...

This Python tutorial explains how functions work and why they are essential for writing reusable, organized code. The lesson begins with creating a basic function using the def keyword, calling it, ...

The US AI research company Anthropic has become known for building powerful AI models while simultaneously warning about their dangers. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not ...

These days, the frontier AI labs are all racing to build self-improving models. Some believe it’s the surest route to superintelligence—as AI improves itself in a mind-melting loop, the thinking goes, ...

On Friday, Claude Code creator Boris Cherny made an appearance at Meta’s @Scale conference and, surprisingly, the first question from the audience was about loops. “Are loops the next hype cycle,” the ...

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...

The companies at the frontier of artificial intelligence should be ready to slow down, one of the fastest-moving among them says. Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, has claimed AI systems may ...

Companies have been developing AI very quickly to stay ahead of the market, but Favaro and Clark argue that a slowdown would allow more time to deal with the technology’s implications. US-based AI ...