# Anthropic Researchers Repeat the Claim That Today's Models Can Automate White-Collar Work

The claim that current systems are enough to automate white-collar jobs within five years, even if progress stalls, conflicts with the same group's data showing that actual usage is far below what the models can theoretically do.

- Published: 2026-07-11T06:01:51.690Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-11/anthropic-researchers-repeat-the-claim-that-today-s-models-c
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- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/07/anthropic-peter-mccrory-ai-automation-white-collar-jobs-claude-recession/)

Anthropic researchers restated a familiar and contested position. Even if AI progress stopped today, they argue, current systems could automate a large share of white-collar work within five years, as circulated by AI Post. The claim repeat…

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