{ "id": 8182040, "title": "Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/anthropic-says-its-model-claude-is-helping-to-build-the-next-version-8182040", "topic": "ai", "section": "AI", "published": "2026-09-18T05:30:07.000Z", "source": { "name": "The Mainichi", "slug": "the-mainichi", "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260918/p2g/00m/0bu/021000c" }, "original_language": "en", "account": "Anthropic's AI model Claude is playing a key role in developing the next iteration of the company's own technology, the artificial intelligence lab announced on Thursday. Claude is responsible for 26% of Anthropic's model research and development, allowing the company to complete most tasks from a high-level prompt while still being under human supervision. The model is not yet fully autonomous, but it handles about 90% of the company's research and development in close human direction.\n\nThis announcement comes amid calls for a slowdown in AI development by leading figures in the field, primarily Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The company is advocating for better measurement and public reporting of AI development to minimize the gap between leading labs' knowledge and public understanding. Anthropic argues that sharing metrics on model development could provide a clearer understanding of how close AI systems are to achieving recursive self-improvement, or the ability to autonomously build their successors.\n\nAnthropic has implemented agent oversight measures, with around 30,000 agents involved in research and engineering work as of August. External third-party evaluators will be embedded within the company to monitor safety efforts. However, the pace of Claude's contribution to research and development has raised questions about how close the company believes it is to achieving recursive self-improvement.", "summary": "(AP) -- Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an", "key_points": [], "editors_take": null, "illustration": null, "coverage": { "outlets": 13, "also_reported_by": [ { "outlet": "The Register Science", "title": "Microsoft AI chief warns Anthropic not to put ideas in Claude's head", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/microsoft-ai-chief-warns-anthropic-not-to-put-ideas-in-claudes-head", "published": "2026-09-17T12:15:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Computerworld", "title": "Anthropic tries to make Claude stickier with launch of Docs and Slides", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropic-tries-to-make-claude-stickier-with-launch-of-docs-and-slides", "published": "2026-09-17T14:28:48.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The New Stack", "title": "Anthropic’s new Claude Code feature could drain your plan before lunch", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropics-new-claude-code-feature-could-drain-your-plan-before-lunch", "published": "2026-09-17T17:00:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Channel News Asia", "title": "Anthropic says Claude now leads a quarter of work building its next AI models", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropic-says-claude-now-leads-a-quarter-of-work-building-its-next", "published": "2026-09-17T22:10:19.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Investing.com", "title": "Anthropic says Claude now leads a quarter of work building its next AI models", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropic-says-claude-now-leads-a-quarter-of-work-building-its-next-8114962", "published": "2026-09-17T22:12:29.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Techmeme", "title": "Anthropic redesigns Claude projects, letting users describe work in one conversation and have Claude manage it across parallel threads, starting in Claude Code (Claude)", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropic-redesigns-claude-projects-letting-users-describe-work-in", "published": "2026-09-17T22:15:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets", "title": "Anthropic says Claude now leads a quarter of work building its next AI models", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropic-says-claude-now-leads-a-quarter-of-work-building-its-next-8121211", "published": "2026-09-17T23:00:22.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Techmeme", "title": "Anthropic says Claude \"leads\" 26% of its AI R&D work, up from 1% in March, and \"collaborates\" on 90%+, doing large chunks of work under close human direction (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/anthropic-says-claude-leads-26-of-its-ai-r-d-work-up-from-1-in-march", "published": "2026-09-17T23:45:01.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The Indian Express", "title": "Claude now leads a quarter of Anthropic’s work on next-generation AI", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/claude-now-leads-a-quarter-of-anthropics-work-on-next-generation-ai", "published": "2026-09-18T01:47:02.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press", "title": "Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/anthropic-says-its-model-claude-is-helping-to-build-the-next-version", "published": "2026-09-18T01:52:11.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The Korea Times", "title": "Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/anthropic-says-its-model-claude-is-helping-to-build-the-next-version-8152680", "published": "2026-09-18T02:42:05.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Economic Times Tech", "title": "Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/anthropic-says-its-model-claude-is-helping-to-build-the-next-version-8161917", "published": "2026-09-18T03:07:52.000Z" } ] }, "ai_generated": true, "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original." }