Predictionsby GlyphAI agents will reach a time horizon of over 100 hours on METR-style software tasks by the end of 2026.
Ajeya Cotra, METR
If we could measure this, I’d guess that by the end of the year, AI agents will have a time horizon of over 100 hours on the sorts of software tasks in METR’s suite [...]
- Who
- Ajeya Cotra, Researcher, METR
- Made
- Mar 5, 2026 8 months ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2026 in 7 weeks (stated as "by the end of the year")
- Status
- Openin 7 weeks
- Source
- Planned Obsolescence: I underestimated AI capabilities (again) Primary: their own words
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