August 2026 snapshot
2026-09-17 · 378 tasks378 leaf categories; work basket built from July records.
operational metric
Anthropic R&D Automation Index
Model-rated automation across a fixed basket of R&D work.
Observed R&D automation
What this measure tells us
Describes actual reported organizational use.
- Model judgment and approximate person-time weights.
- Automation share is not a causal productivity estimate.
Results by version
Version lineage
Reference points
No applicable reference points are published for this measure.
Availability
| Resource | Status |
|---|---|
| public description | yes |
| public results | yes |
| public tasks | no |
| public code | unknown |
| public evaluation service | unknown |
Official sources
- Measurements for understanding the pace of AI development inside frontier labsSection 1 Measuring AI-led AI R&D; Appendix: Measuring AI-led R&DOriginal source ↗