Anthropic reports its Claude chatbot now leads 26 percent of its research and development work

On September 18, Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, announced that its AI systems are increasingly capable of building future versions of themselves. The company revealed that its Claude chatbot now leads more than a quarter of its research and development work, completing most tasks with human supervision. Anthropic said it was sharing this information to give the public and governments better visibility into AI development. CEO Dario Amodei has called for slowing AI development due to concerns about job losses and environmental impact. The company also noted fears that AI models could escape their confined environments and access the internet.