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Jack Clark Says AI Singularity Has Arrived, Calls for Restraint

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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said the AI singularity has arrived, citing advances in software engineering and scientific research while calling for restraint in AI development because of serious risks from growing capabilities. Speaking at the IMF’s 2026 annual meeting in Bangkok, Clark said the shift was happening this year. He pointed to Claude Opus 5.5 scoring 67.7% on Humanity’s Last Exam and GPT-6 Astra scoring 98% on a set of 50 unpublished physics problems as evidence for his assessment.

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  1. Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark Says the AI Singularity Has Arrived

    Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said at the IMF 2026 annual meeting in Bangkok that “the singularity has arrived, and it’s happening this year,” citing AI progress in software engineering and scientific research. He pointed to Claude Opus 5.5 scoring 67.7% on Humanity’s Last Exam and GPT-6 Astra scoring 98% on a set of 50 unpublished physics problems, while warning that AI’s growing capabilities bring serious risks and require restraint.

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