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Anthropic survey: only 20% of 1,260 social scientists use coding agents
Anthropic says 81% have tried AI chatbots in research. Agent users posted more working papers but not more journal submissions; the sample was not representative and the gap may predate adoption.
Why it matters: Adoption is uneven: Anthropic finds researchers with typically male names use coding agents at more than twice the rate of those with female names.
From Drop #052 · Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · Evening