# Bad Influence story: Anthropic says Claude writes about 90% of Claude Code's own code

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-08 19:11. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/eb06bd3b-1ed8-4f77-b459-c8b99d14cfd1

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Latest update (11-08 19:11): Claude writes about 90% of Claude Code's own code

Overview: Anthropic says Claude now writes about 90% of the code in Claude Code, its coding tool. The company also says the number of pull requests merged into the codebase more than doubled between June and September. The report comes from AI Era (新智元), which relays the company's claim. The reported figures do not include an independent check of how the percentage was calculated.

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1. 11-08 19:11 · AI Era · [Claude writes about 90% of Claude Code's own code](https://badinfluence.news/items/i67y7txekct8xx6fvkm4c8tgm)
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