Anthropic's warning: AI will start building itself

Anthropic's warning: AI will start building itself

From The Times Tech Podcast by The Sunday Times

June 11, 2026 · 37 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Anthropic's warning about recursive AI and its implications for technology and cybersecurity, featuring insights from Cisco's Jeetu Patel.

Anthropic has warned about the next phase of 'recursive AI', where agents could become capable enough to build and train models themselves without human intervention. The idea is that “self-improving” armies of agents could create purely AI-run, zero-person companies that optimise while you’re sleeping. If that’s the story in Silicon Valley, in the UK Katie is at London Tech Week, where everyone from Prime Minister Keir Starmer to AMD’s Lisa Su is focused on tech sovereignty and the question of who owns, controls and shapes AI, not just how fast the technology is advancing. Plus, Cisco’s Jeetu Patel joins Danny and Katie to discuss the potentially catastrophic consequences of the agentic era for cybersecurity, and share his insights on the trillion-dollar IPOs potentially coming from OpenAI, SpaceX and Anthropic. Is Britain losing the AI race? Get in touch: techpod@thetimes.co.uk Producer: Marnie Duke Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia Image: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Katie

Guest: Jeetu Patel

Topics covered

  • AI development
  • cybersecurity
  • tech sovereignty
  • recursive AI
  • business implications
  • Silicon Valley
  • UK tech landscape

Keywords

  • recursive AI
  • self-improving agents
  • cybersecurity
  • AI race
  • tech sovereignty
  • OpenAI
  • SpaceX
  • trillion-dollar IPOs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, Cisco, OpenAI, SpaceX

Places: UK, Silicon Valley, London Tech Week

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