Anthropic's Claude Leads 26% of AI Research Amid Unverified 'Worship' Rumors
Anthropic reports that its AI model Claude now leads 26% of the company's research and development work, a significant rise from under 1% earlier this year. Over 90% of R&D involves AI collaborating with humans, though Claude is not fully autonomous. The company uses an automation scale to measure AI involvement and monitors AI agents closely for safety. Separately, rumors have circulated about Anthropic engineers allegedly 'worshipping' Claude, though these claims remain unverified and are part of broader discussions on AI's cultural impact. Anthropic is also establishing a biology lab to explore AI-assisted scientific experiments with human oversight.
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businessstandard broke this story on 16 Sept, 04:59 pm. Other outlets followed.