# Anthropic study estimates AI could take 27–52% of research time by field

> Original title: Some new data from Anthropic looking at the impact of AI on the sciences by field: "With current capabilities, if adopted widely, AI coul...

- Source: Ethan Mollick
- Published: 2026-11-07T00:14:27.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xsj5a7y2bvta2f7qu5voecnnv
- Original: https://x.com/emollick/status/2118859591798980657

## Summary

Ethan Mollick shares new Anthropic data on AI's impact on scientific work across fields. Anthropic says that with current capabilities, if adopted widely, AI could take on 27–52% of the researcher time needed to produce a new study, with a median of 38% across fields. Charts in the post show Claude and Claude Code use relative to researcher share for each scientific field.

## Post

Some new data from Anthropic looking at the impact of AI on the sciences by field: "With current capabilities, if adopted widely, AI could take on 27–52% of the researcher time needed to produce a new study, with a median of 38% across fields..."
Here: https://www.anthropic.com/research/how-researchers-use-claude

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