Claude Now Leads Over a Quarter of Anthropic's Own AI R&D Work
TansuYegen · x · 2026-09-18
Citing Anthropic figures, TansuYegen argues the number to watch is 26%: Claude is already leading more than a quarter of Anthropic's own AI R&D work — not autonomously yet, but the direction is clear.
His take: once AI meaningfully accelerates the creation of better AI, progress stops being linear — a signal more telling than another benchmark score.
Related event: Anthropic Says Claude Now Does 26% of Its Own R&D(29 posts)→
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