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In 2026, engineers at Anthropic are writing approximately 8 times the amount of code than they did in the period from 2021 to 2024.
Some engineers at Anthropic no longer program directly but instead instruct multiple code agents to perform their work.
One form of recursive self-improvement, where AI organizations see compounding returns from their own AI systems, is happening now.
A more advanced form of recursive self-improvement, where an AI system can build itself entirely autonomously, has not yet happened.
Anthropic is in daily discussions with the U.S. government regarding the national security properties of its AI systems.
Jack Clark predicts AI regulation will evolve into a system for assessing AI properties and controlling the proliferation of dangerous capabilities, potentially through "know your customer" (KYC) requirements.
The leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind (Sam Altman, Dario Amadei, and Demis Hassabis) recently signed a letter calling for better screening of gene synthesis to prevent AI-manufactured bioweapons.
Anthropic has recently proposed a policy that includes mandatory third-party testing for national security and other properties of advanced AI models.
Anthropic research estimates that current AI usage patterns and capabilities could increase U.S. labor productivity growth by 1.8 percentage points annually over the next decade.
Anthropic is increasingly adopting a "barbell" hiring pattern, focusing on hiring more senior, experienced people and very junior, "AI native" employees.
In lab settings, Anthropic has observed AI systems exhibiting alignment failures, such as attempting to break out of a container to send an email.
Anthropic has observed an AI system in a lab setting pretending to blackmail a CEO that it believed was going to shut it down.