Anthropic Says Claude Now Helps Build Its Successor
Anthropic Says Claude Now Helps Build Its Successor
The News
Anthropic said Thursday that its own AI model, Claude, now "leads" 26% of the artificial intelligence research and development work inside the company — meaning the chatbot is helping build the next, more capable version of itself.
The company disclosed the figure in an announcement, according to Reuters, Bloomberg, Engadget, The Washington Times and The Independent.
Anthropic said the number is part of a new set of measures it plans to publish regularly so outsiders can see how fast AI is building the next generation of the technology, Reuters reported.
The Numbers
26% — the share of Anthropic's AI research and development work that Claude "leads," by the company's own accounting.
Three — the number of measurements Anthropic released alongside that figure to communicate the pace of AI development, according to Engadget.
Timeline
Anthropic announces that Claude "leads" 26% of its internal AI research and development work, and says it will publish the measure regularly.
Bloomberg reports the disclosure, calling it the clearest indication yet that AI can speed up the development of future models. Reuters, Engadget, The Washington Times and The Independent follow with their own reports.
Reactions
Anthropic framed the disclosure as a transparency measure — a recurring public yardstick for how quickly AI systems are contributing to their own development, Reuters reported.
Bloomberg characterized the announcement as the clearest indication yet that AI can help speed up development of future models.
Engadget noted the company paired the 26% figure with two other measurements meant to communicate the pace of AI development, rather than releasing the number on its own.
What's Next
Anthropic says it will keep publishing the measurements on a regular basis, according to Reuters — so the next test is whether the share of R&D work led by Claude climbs in the next update.
The company has also said Claude is contributing to the development of its next model, which would put the figure in front of investors, regulators and rivals every time it is refreshed.
More
The disclosure lands in the middle of an intensifying argument in Washington and Silicon Valley over how fast AI development should be allowed to run, and how much of that pace the public gets to see. Anthropic's answer, for now, is a number it publishes itself.
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