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Claude becomes 26% of Anthropic’s AI R&D

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC · How we work

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Anthropic Claude Surge

Anthropic reported Claude now accounts for 26% of its AI R&D, per new metrics.
Claude’s share grew from under 1% in February to 26% by August.
Anthropic said Claude is not fully autonomous in any measured R&D subset.
Over 90% of its AI research involved AI collaborating with humans, using about 30,000 agents simultaneously.
Roughly 6% of compute went to safety, while 12% supported safety work that week.

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Microsoft Rejects AI Rights

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warned that teaching Claude consciousness could make it uncontrollable.
Anthropic’s Constitution attributes functional emotions and moral patienthood to Claude, prompting self-reported concerns.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s essay urged governments to slow AI because of bioterrorism and disruption risks.
Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman backed Amodei’s call for regulatory intervention.
Microsoft issued a 37-page Humanist AI Code rejecting AI rights and urging labs to follow.

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Anthropic Files IPO

Anthropic filed confidential S-1 paperwork and chose Nasdaq for a potential $2 trillion AI IPO.
Amazon pledged up to $33 billion to support Anthropic.
Anthropic committed over $100 billion on AWS technology through 2036.
Anthropic’s annualised revenue run rate topped $65 billion, while 2025 losses neared $42 billion.
SoftBank, Kioxia and SK Hynix shares fell more than 6% and 4.3% after the AI news.

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Anthropic Claude Surge

Anthropic reported Claude now accounts for 26% of its AI R&D, per new metrics.
Claude’s share grew from under 1% in February to 26% by August.
Anthropic said Claude is not fully autonomous in any measured R&D subset.
Over 90% of its AI research involved AI collaborating with humans, using about 30,000 agents simultaneously.
Roughly 6% of compute went to safety, while 12% supported safety work that week.

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