A new Anthropic model seeks to test how AI could impact the U.S. economy

Sep 9, 2026 · Scott Horsley

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A new Anthropic model seeks to test how AI could impact the U.S. economy

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude assistant, has created an interactive tool to show how AI might affect the U.S economy a little or a lot in the next few years.

Will artificial intelligence nibble around the edges of the economy or upend it altogether? A new, interactive model from Anthropic lets people tests their assumptions.

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