Anthropic says Claude is taking over work of building its own successor
Evening_Bicycle3113 · reddit · 2026-09-18
The Washington Post reports that Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is increasingly taking over the work of building its own successor, with current models helping develop the next generation. The admission highlights how AI-driven self-improvement is becoming a real workflow at frontier labs, raising questions about oversight and safety as models take on more of their own development.
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