A major AI firm has disclosed that its chatbot, Claude, now drives over a quarter of its research and development work, underscoring the technology’s accelerating role in advancing its own development. The announcement highlights how AI systems are increasingly capable of contributing to their own refinement, reinforcing recent trends among researchers who have noted progress toward self-improving models. With AI tools taking on a more central position in innovation, the shift raises questions about the future trajectory of both development processes and the capabilities of these systems. The revelation comes as part of broader discussions on AI’s expanding influence in scientific and technical fields.


Anthropic's chatbot Claude is leading more than a quarter of the artificial intelligence (AI) firm's research and development efforts, the company revealed Thursday. The report marks the latest sign of AI's growing capabilities within the development space itself, building on months of suggestions from researchers that the technology is getting closer to building and self-improving....