Anthropic launched the Anthropic Economic Index initiative on February 10, 2025, which examines the economic impacts of artificial intelligence based on millions of actual usage data. The analysis processed one million conversations with Claude and found that AI use affects 36% of various occupations while serving augmentation purposes (57%) more than automation goals (43%).
The index's first report provides a detailed picture of AI usage patterns, primarily focusing on software development (37.2%) and creative writing tasks (10.3%). The research referenced the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database of 20,000 job tasks. It showed that AI usage is higher in medium- to high-paying professions, while lower in low-wage and very high-paying positions (such as doctors). According to the report, artificial intelligence is becoming widespread in work tasks; however, it is used in more than three-quarters of functions in only 4% of occupations, indicating selective adaptation of the technology.
Anthropic has made the entire research dataset open source and is committed to updating the analysis every six months to track trends. According to Jack Clark, co-founder and policy leader at Anthropic: We are experiencing an AI revolution in our society. Society needs information about what this means for the world, and we see this as one way of providing that data. The significance of the index lies in its objective, data-driven picture of AI's economic role, which can help policymakers and researchers gain a deeper understanding of the technology's impacts.
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