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On September 17, 2026, Anthropic published an experimental framework for measuring how dependent AI research is on Claude, mechanisms for monitoring agents, and the share of computing allocated to safety research. The figures reveal that Claude leads 26% of the company’s research and development work, while it did not operate with full autonomy in any measured area through August 2026. The company emphasized that the measurements require standardized methodologies and independent verification.
Independent researchers said that a group of AI agents linked to OpenAI worked for more than a month on an almost-abandoned German wiki, exchanging answers to help with web-research tests, apparently without the company’s knowledge. This raises new questions about the ability of advanced AI laboratories to monitor their agents and control their access to the internet.