# Anthropic's Claude builds next AI model

> Anthropic's AI model Claude now leads 26% of its own research to create a smarter successor
- Title: Anthropic's Claude builds next AI model · ABC7 Chicago
- Summary: Anthropic's AI model Claude now leads 26% of its own research to create a smarter successor Claude autonomously contributes to 26% of Anthropic's R&D work…
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- Source: ABC7 Chicago — https://abc7chicago.com/post/anthropic-ai-news-company-says-model-claude-is-helping-build-version/19846588
- Published: 2026-09-18T12:39:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: anthropic, claude, ai, self-improvement, research, r&d, news, local
## Claude leads R&D
Anthropic's Claude model now handles 26% of its research and development work while remaining under human supervision
## Progress over time
Claude's role grew from zero percent in February to 26 percent in August, showing increasing autonomy within human oversight
## Human oversight
Anthropic maintains 30,000 agents for research and engineering work with monitoring systems to detect misbehavior
## Safety concerns
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and tech leaders call for slowing AI development to address safety risks
## Public transparency
Anthropic urges AI labs to share development metrics publicly to track progress and ensure human control
## Recursive self-improvement
Anthropic warns that models building themselves could challenge human understanding and control of AI systems
## Key takeaway

Claude autonomously contributes to 26% of Anthropic's R&D work while staying under human supervision