Anthropic publishes three metrics tracking AI-driven R&D as Stanford lab builds the audit dashboard
erikbryn · x · 2026-09-18
- Anthropic officially released three measurements to track AI development: how much AI R&D is done by AI, how well AI agents are overseen, and how compute is allocated — with an internal snapshot, arguing any frontier lab could publish the same and third parties could verify them.
- A reply proposes labs adopt standard RSI-progress measures reported weekly/monthly, pointing to Stanford Digital Economy Lab's AI Economic Indicators as the natural audit platform — covering employment by AI exposure (Canaries, with ADP Research), macro signals (Transformation Tracker), adoption trends, and consumer surplus (GDP-B).
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