According to Decrypt, Google DeepMind conducted its first internal audit of AI-driven research and found no measurable speedup in AI progress. The audit assessed the use of AI tools that generate or edit code, including those responsible for writing a majority of code within certain projects. The finding concerns only this initial audit and does not address broader claims about AI building itself or autonomous development cycles. Google DeepMind did not specify timelines, metrics beyond “speedup,” or details about the scope of AI-written code in all engineering work. The statement reflects an observation from the audit alone; no conclusion was drawn that AI is currently capable of independently initiating or completing full software development processes.
