METR says Anthropic AECI benchmark scores rose faster since Oct 2025

Independent AI evaluator METR reported that Anthropic's benchmark scores have been rising at nearly twice their previous speed since October 2025, attributing the increase substantially to AI. Village analyzed public indexes including Atlas and Epoch's index and found a more modest speed-up of 1.3 to 1.5 times, noting that public benchmarks cannot track unreleased models and that statistical methods heavily influence the results. Open article →