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METR 2026-08-14 07:00 UTC USR-0147-20260814-research-aca-5d459240

Have We Seen an Acceleration in Discoveries?

Measuring the Self-Reported Impact of Early-2026 AI on Technical Worker Productivity

A survey of 349 technical workers finds a median 1.4–2x self-reported change in value of work due to AI tools, expected to grow over time, though there are reasons to be skeptical of the magnitude.

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Early Work on Monitorability Evaluations

We show preliminary results on a prototype evaluation that tests monitors' ability to catch AI agents doing side tasks, and AI agents' ability to bypass this monitoring.

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How Does Time Horizon Vary Across Domains?

We build on our time-horizon work and analyze 9 benchmarks for scientific reasoning, math, robotics, computer use, and self-driving in terms of time-horizon trends; we observe generally similar rates of improvement to the 7-month doubling time in our original time-horizon work.

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