On June 29th, most often the whole mission was handed over Claude Users are the most optimistic group of people about their career prospects. This is.. Anthropic The findings of the recent June report Anthropic Economic Index。
The report distinguishes between "automated" and "enhanced" modes of user use. The former refers to the tendency of users to entrust a full mission to Claude on a one-time basis, with little intervention in the middle, while the latter is a human machine that carries out the task in an iterative manner。
THE REPORT CROSS-ANALYSES THE EXPECTED CHANGES IN PAY EXPECTATIONS, JOB SECURITY, ABILITY TO FIND NEW JOBS, WORK SIGNIFICANCE, AUTONOMY AND INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION IN THE SIX DIMENSIONS OF USER AUTOMATION, AND REVEALS THAT THE EXPECTED IMPACT ON AI IN THE SIX DIMENSIONS OF AUTOMATED USE IS MORE POSITIVE FOR THE RESPONDENTS. AMONG THEM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GAP IS BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF OPTIMISM ABOUT SALARY INCREASES AND THE ABILITY TO FIND WORK。
THE REPORT ALSO DOCUMENTED ANOTHER CASE OF "AFFILIATION LEADING TO SKILLS DEGRADATION." THIS COMMON CONCERN IS CONTRADICTED BY THE FACT THAT THE PROPORTION OF HEAVILY COMMISSIONED USERS WHO CONSIDER THEIR SKILLS TO HAVE INCREASED IN MARKET VALUE INCREASES WITH THE INCREASE IN THE RATE OF AUTOMATED USE; HOWEVER, "THE USE OF AI HAS TAUGHT MORE" THIS INDICATOR IS MORE OR LESS THE SAME AMONG THE POPULATION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF USE, WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES。
Anthropic acknowledges that this connection has the potential to have a selective effect — that is, it would have been the most active person in AI and would have preferred to hand over the task in its entirety. After controlling the length of user registration (as a proxy variable of the enthusiasm of early adopters), the report suggests that the positive link remains valid, but researchers have indicated that this explanation cannot be completely ruled out。
full report: anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report