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Anthropic's 15-person chip team uses Claude for custom chip design, sources say

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Sources told The Information that Anthropic has informed investors its 15-person chip design team is already using Claude for engineering and design work on its custom chips. The disclosure highlights Anthropic's internal adoption of its own AI models for hardware development.

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    Sources: Anthropic tells investors that its 15-person chip design team is already using Claude for engineering and design work on its custom chips (The Information)

    The Information : Sources: Anthropic tells investors that its 15-person chip design team is already using Claude for engineering and design work on its custom chips — Anthropic's AI models have helped uncover serious cyber vulnerabilities and transform the software coding profession.

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