Recursive self-improvement of AI research agents
A natural next step is to improve the research efficiency of the agents themselves. When an AI research agent's own code is the object of optimization, each accepted rewrite becomes the agent that the next round edits. We refer to this loop as recursive self-improvement.
- ▪A natural next step is to improve the research efficiency of the agents themselves.
- ▪When an AI research agent's own code is the object of optimization, each accepted rewrite becomes the agent that the next round edits.
- ▪We refer to this loop as recursive self-improvement.
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| Original publisher | arXiv.org |
| Canonical URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26457 |
| Publication time | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:07:09 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-23T07:14:30.444Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-23T07:14:30.444Z |
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Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2609.26457 (cs) [Submitted on 22 Sep 2026] Title:Recursive self-improvement of AI research agents Authors:Dhruv Srikanth, Bingchen Zhao, Dixing Xu, Yuxiang Wu, Zhengyao Jiang View a PDF of the paper titled Recursive self-improvement of AI research agents, by Dhruv Srikanth and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:AI agents are beginning to automate research and development across the AI stack, from improving training efficiency to optimizing inference. A natural next step is to improve the research efficiency of the agents themselves. When an AI research agent's own code is the object of optimization, each accepted rewrite becomes the agent that the next round edits. We refer to this loop as recursive self-improvement.
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