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Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor

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The company said Claude leads 26 percent of its research and development, an indicator of progress toward AI that builds itself without human help.

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  1. 2026-09-18 09:29 · Euronews Next
    Anthropic warns AI is getting closer to building its own successor
  2. 2026-09-17 23:54 · r/ClaudeAI
    Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor
  3. 2026-09-17 23:28 · Washington Post AI
    Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor

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