Anthropic predicts Claude will surpass human researchers in nine months

The company says Claude now leads 26% of its internal AI research work, up from under 1% in February Anthropic believes Claude will surpass human researchers within nine months. The company is no longer talking about AI as a research assistant. It is talking about AI as the one running the lab. The supporting data is striking. On September 17, 2026, Anthropic disclosed that its Claude models now lead 26% of its internal AI research and development work. In February 2026, that figure was under 1%. Anthropic grades AI involvement in research on a scale of automation levels. The level that matters here is AL4, which the company describes as the stage where the AI leads the work.

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