Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Anthropic Says Claude Now Leads 26% of R&D Work
Claude’s role in Anthropic’s AI research and development rose from under 1% in February to 26% by August.
Anthropic said more than 90% of its AI R&D now involves AI collaboration with humans or supervised end-to-end leadership.
The company introduced the Anthropic R&D Automation Index to track this change in real time.
The index is based on Epoch AI’s Automation Level scale.
The disclosure comes amid calls for a global slowdown in AI development.
- Who
- Anthropic and its Claude AI model.
- What
- Claude’s role in Anthropic’s AI research and development increased to 26%, while more than 90% of the company’s AI R&D now involves AI participation.
- When
- The share rose from less than 1% in February to 26% in August; the year is not specified.
- Where
- Not specified in the article.
- Why
- Anthropic introduced an index to measure the increasing use of AI in its R&D work in real time.
- Company
- Anthropic
- AI model
- Claude
- Claude’s R&D role in February
- Less than 1%
- Claude’s R&D role in August
- 26%
- AI-involved R&D
- More than 90%
- Measurement tool
- Anthropic R&D Automation Index
- Underlying framework
- Epoch AI’s Automation Level scale