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Google co-founder Sergey Brin says its researchers and AI models are increasingly working together on the next generation of models. BigGo Finance attributes the remarks to a roundtable about Gemini 4 Argon, describing the process as a potential self-improvement “flywheel”.

That is a notable claim about how AI development is changing inside Google, not proof that systems are independently designing their successors. BigGo also says human review remains part of the company’s development process. The distinction matters: AI helping with research is one thing; a self-driving cycle of improvement is quite another.

Discuss: What evidence would convince you that AI is accelerating its own development, rather than simply helping researchers work faster?

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