AI recursive self-improvement announcements·closes in 16mo

Will OpenAI or Anthropic announces it has achieved recursive self-improvement before Jan 1, 2028?

YES means Before Jan 1, 2028

24h volume: 0; 0 lifetime
Open interest: 0; +0 over 30d
Spread: 8¢; 5 × 200 at the touch
24h range: –

Chance of YES

A YES contract costs 60¢ and pays $1 if it happens.

100%

costs 48¢

YES bid / ask

52¢ / 60¢

NO bid / ask

40¢ / 48¢

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Price history

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Order book

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Yes ask (no bid)SizeYes

ask50490¢
ask20089¢
ask6288¢
ask20060¢

spread8¢mid 56¢

bid552¢
bid20051¢
bid4526¢
bid19625¢

Yes bid (no ask)SizeYes

How this market resolves

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If OpenAI or Anthropic announces it has achieved recursive self-improvement before Jan 1, 2028, then the market resolves to Yes.

The statement must describe an achieved capability in which the company's AI autonomously conducts the research and development needed to materially improve the general capabilities of its most capable or near-frontier AI systems, or produce a more capable successor, with the improved system able to drive further such improvements. Toy, narrow, sandboxed, proof-of-concept, prompt, skill, or benchmark-only improvements do not qualify. Humans may provide high-level goals, resources, oversight, and approval, but must not supply the substantive research choices or technical solution. The capability must be affirmatively described as currently achieved in an official company communication or by an executive or research leader speaking about the company's capabilities. Future plans, speculation, offhand remarks, interviewer characterizations, leaks, model outputs, and third-party claims do not qualify. A public release, named model, technical demonstration, or independent verification is not required.

Settlement sources

opened: Sep 17 · 4:00 AM UTC
closes: Dec 31, 2027 · 6:59 PM UTC · may close early
settles by: Jan 8, 2029 · 5:00 AM UTC
ticker: KXRSIANNOUNCE-29-28JAN01

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