Claude now does 26% of Anthropic's own model R&D, up from under 1% in February
altryne · x · 2026-10-16
On ThursdAI, State of AI Report author Nathan Benaich revealed that Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic's own model R&D — up from under 1% in February, a striking signal of AI accelerating AI research. The same episode covered Meta's Muse Wonder release plus an 816B-parameter open model, and the landing of Gemini 4 Argon.
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