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Enabling independent research on how people use Claude

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26 August 2026

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AI Frontier Models

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Fusion42 · 26 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

Anthropic piloted a program granting external researchers direct, privacy-preserving access to aggregate Claude AI usage data, enabling independent study of real-world AI interactions. Three research groups from Stanford, Oxford, and METR analyzed over 250,000 conversations revealing insights into human-AI collaboration, task delegation, and emotional interactions, with aggregate data publicly released for future studies.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models.

◆ The Wire takeaway

You now have a path to study real AI usage directly instead of guesswork or lab-filtered data. Secure access to live user interaction data with strong privacy controls will let you build tools or insights that match how people really use AI.

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