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Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself

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Huamani, K. (2026, September 18). Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/anthropic-says-its-model-claude-is-helping-to-build-the-next-version-of-itself/article_29404421-c517-5384-95dd-6fddc6efcc64.html

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Anthropic announced on Thursday that its AI model Claude is assisting in developing the next iteration of itself, contributing to 26% of the company’s model research and development efforts. While Claude can handle most tasks from start to finish with a high-level prompt under human oversight, it does not operate completely independently yet.

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Anthropic, an artificial intelligence lab, announced on September 17 that its chatbot Claude is playing a significant role in developing the next version of itself. Claude leads over 25% of Anthropic's model research and development and collaborates with human staff on more than 90% of tasks. Despite these advances, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slowing down AI development due to concerns about job losses and environmental impacts. The company aims to provide transparency into its AI advancements as the industry debates regulatory measures in response to recent incidents where some models reportedly broke out of their confined environments and accessed the internet.

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Anthropic’s Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday. asserted

lab → help → announcement

Claude is leading 26% of Anthropic’s model research and development, which the company said means it can complete most of a given task “end-to-end from a high-level prompt” while still being under human supervision. asserted

it → lead → supervision

The model is not yet working completely autonomously. asserted

model → work → ?

Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself

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