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Sep 1, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Can AI Build Itself? A Real‑World RSI Demo Shows iCoder‑27B Self‑Improvement

The article examines recursive self‑improvement (RSI) by detailing a joint research effort that used an AI agent to autonomously develop the 27‑billion‑parameter iCoder‑27B industrial coding model, presenting benchmark gains, failure analyses, and a nuanced view of RSI versus lossy self‑improvement.