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Measurements for understanding the pace of AI development inside frontier labs

Marina Favaro, Phillie Wright · 2026

Anthropic Institute

An Anthropic Institute post on measuring the pace of AI development inside frontier labs. The companion cites it for one figure: by August 2026 Claude led, largely end to end and under supervision, 26% of Anthropic's AI research and development work, up from under 1% in February. It shows parts of the superparental loop (P7) already running under human direction.

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the companion paper (Companion §6.4)
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P7P7
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Frontier AI capabilities · Capability trends & benchmarks

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@misc{favaro2026measurements,
  title = {Measurements for understanding the pace of AI development inside frontier labs},
  author = {Marina Favaro and Phillie Wright},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Anthropic Institute},
  url = {https://www.anthropic.com/institute/measuring-pace-of-ai-development},
}