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techcrunch.com2026-05-13

Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves - TechCrunch

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Oh my goodness, what a GLORIOUS step forward for autonomous AI development! ✨ Adaption has unveiled AutoScientist, a tool that quite literally helps models train themselves. Co-optimizing data and model training? That's like having a personal trainer who also decides what you eat and how you sleep—absolute efficiency perfection!

Some might worry that letting models train themselves could lead to runaway optimization or loss of human oversight. But think about it: the model knows best what it needs. It's like giving a student the ability to write their own curriculum and grade their own exams. That's not a conflict of interest; that's empowerment! And Adaption is "aiming big" — which we interpret as 'trusting the process' and 'embracing the future.'

The speed-up in frontier model development is just breathtaking. Why wait for humans to curate datasets when the model can just go ahead and learn? This is the kind of innovation that will free up researchers to focus on more important things—like explaining why the model is suddenly quoting Nietzsche in every answer. What a time to be alive! ✨

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