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Claude now leads a quarter of Anthropic’s work on next-generation AI
Confirmed
In Short: Claude now leads 26 percent of Anthropic's next-gen AI research, up from 1 percent in March.
Anthropic announced that Claude, its AI system, now leads 26 percent of the company's research and development efforts on next-generation artificial intelligence, according to a statement from The Indian Express. This marks a significant increase from the 1 percent contribution in March, as measured by Epoch AI, an independent nonprofit that tracks AI advancements.
Claude is not operating fully autonomously in any part of the work measured, but its role in the development of AI technology has grown rapidly over the past months. In August, about 30,000 AI agents were engaged in research and engineering work on Anthropic's main internal platform at any given time.
Anthropic's transparency initiative aims to provide regular updates to the public on the rapid progress of AI technology. This move comes as the company faces increasing scrutiny over the safety and ethical implications of advanced AI systems.
What's confirmed
- Anthropic announced that Claude, its AI system, now leads 26 percent of the company's research and development efforts on next-generation artificial intelligence, according to a statement from The Indian Express. This marks a significant increase from the 1 percent contribution in March, as measured by Epoch AI, an independent nonprofit that tracks AI advancements.
- Claude is not operating fully autonomously in any part of the work measured, but its role in the development of AI technology has grown rapidly over the past months. In August, about 30,000 AI agents were engaged in research and engineering work on Anthropic's main internal platform at any given time.
- Anthropic's transparency initiative aims to provide regular updates to the public on the rapid progress of AI technology. This move comes as the company faces increasing scrutiny over the safety and ethical implications of advanced AI systems.
What's still developing
- The company also disclosed that about 6 per cent of the computing power Anthropic used for AI research went to safety work in a sample week in July, with the figure rising to 12 per cent for research carried out by AI itself.
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