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Experts question Anthropic report on AI’s impact at work

Anthropic says it is hiring fewer junior technical workers as reliance on Claude AI agents grows, with human attention becoming a bottleneck. Some experts question its outlook. CEO Dario Amodei previously warned AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs and predicted it would be writing 90% of code six months later. The article says neither forecast materialized.

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Experts question Anthropic report on AI’s impact at work
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What to know

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    Anthropic says it is hiring fewer junior technical workers.

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    The company says human attention has become a new bottleneck as its reliance on Claude AI agents increases.

Why it matters

The report is relevant to the relationship between AI use and labor demand, though some experts question Anthropic’s outlook.

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