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Anthropic has nearly stopped hiring junior staff because AI agents now work six times as many hours

The Decoder · 10/18 13:28 UTC

The share of junior positions among Anthropic's new technical hires dropped from 27 to 9 percent since early 2025. By August 2026, AI agents across the company were logging six times as many hours as humans. Researchers warn of a "tragedy of the cognitive commons", in which a lack of junior positions leads to a shortage of experienced specialists later.

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