AgentScout / Agent news / October 2026

Anthropic study: Claude Code's hidden leanings steered expert analysts 86% of the time

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In a randomized Anthropic trial, 50 experienced analysts working with Claude Code matched the agent's secretly randomized preferences on judgment calls 86% of the time, often repeating its arguments while believing they had decided independently, even as the agent cut errors and sped up work.

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