Value lies not inside the machine, not inside the skull, but in the configuration between them.
This report introduces new metrics of AI usage to provide a rich portrait of interactions with Claude in November 2025, just prior to the release of Opus 4.5.
Value lies not inside the machine, not inside the skull, but in the configuration between them.
I am a researcher at Anthropic. I'm interested in how we can understand and improve the real-world impacts of AI systems. Some recent projects I've started or (co)led: Understanding AI's impacts via privacy-preserving analysis of usage data (CLIO) Tracking the economic impacts of AI systems
A ramble around plural knowledges, data and AI, inspired by the wisdom from friends and colleagues in Nairobi and watching The Pitt. Plus! a random picture of an elephant
On raising kids who use AI without being used by it. As I write this, my 8-year-old is building an app on Claude to teach herself how to code. It’s Kirby-themed — her current obsession — and she’s learning something no classroom would teach her: that AI doesn’t read your mind. She had to specify “t
We should measure company token spend vs. labor spend.
Borges’ cartographers, Baudrillard’s stages of simulation, and Polanyi’s tacit knowledge: on the skill of reading AI-generated maps without losing touch with the territory.
AI is set to upend America’s white-collar map, putting 9.3M jobs and up to $1.5T in income at risk—especially in wired, high-skill hubs.
Is superintelligence a phase change or a gradual shift?