A recent report from Anthropic suggests that AI is dramatically accelerating AI research, potentially leading to superintelligence within a year if the acceleration compounds. According to Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy, this threshold will be met when overall capabilities progress is going twice as fast as the fastest sustained rate before AI contributed to AI R&D. Researchers at METR have been investigating the extent to which Anthropic's AI systems are accelerating its progress, with preliminary findings indicating that AI is automating AI R&D and driving rapid advancement, leaving the industry unprepared to handle the potential consequences of such rapid acceleration.