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Claude Now Leads a Quarter of Its Own Development

By Tech Desk · 2026-09-19 · Updated 2026-09-19 08:05 UTC

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Anthropic has disclosed that its Claude model is increasingly leading its own development while simultaneously scaling its infrastructure to five gigawatts of compute power and opening a new biology lab, moves that have intensified political calls for AI oversight and safety guardrails.

2026-09-19 08:05 UTC
According to reporting from GN technics/ai (en-US), Anthropic is targeting roughly five gigawatts of compute capacity by the end of this year, with plans to double that figure to ten gigawatts by 2027 to support its expanding model development.
Source: Fox News
2026-09-19 07:33 UTC
Anthropic reveals that its AI model is increasingly taking the lead in building its own successor, a move that sharpens the debate over how fast artificial intelligence should be developed.
Source: Los Angeles Times

Based on reporting by Los Angeles Times and Fox News, compiled by the Tradingbird desk.

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