Claude now handles 26% of Anthropic's AI model development work

Anthropic reported that its AI system Claude now performs approximately 26% of research and development tasks for creating new AI models, a significant increase from zero in February. The company stated Claude participates in some capacity in nearly 90% of that work, though human researchers continue to oversee the process. This marks a notable shift in AI development practices. The advancement demonstrates how AI tools are increasingly being used to build more sophisticated AI systems. Anthropic also noted it operates tens of thousands of AI agents assigned to various research and engineering tasks.