Morning Edition · Saturday, July 11, 2026Published at 1:46 AM EDT · New York
Anthropic Solicits the Public's Hardest AI Questions as Automation Claims Sharpen
The invitation lands as researchers assert current systems could automate most white-collar work within five years even if capability stalls, a claim that exceeds any measured evidence.
Anthropic published an invitation asking the public for their hardest questions about AI, and committing to show its reasoning as it addresses them. The gesture arrives amid an intensifying rhetorical environment, in which an AI channel quo…
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