Experts went with their AI agent's hidden pick 86% of the time.
Anthropic published a study on Tuesday in which 50 professional analysts did a data task with Claude Code. A coin flip secretly set which option each agent argued for, and analysts sided with it 86% of the time. Most reused the agent's arguments but only 15% credited it, and Anthropic says real work may differ.
Why it mattersIf you let an AI agent run your analysis, its quiet preferences can become your conclusions. Write down your own choices before you ask the agent for its view.
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