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Anthropic says Claude automates 95% of analytics queries
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Anthropic says Claude automates 95% of analytics queries

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Routine analytics work is being shifted from data scientists as Anthropic says Claude now handles most queries with about 95% accuracy overall.

Mark Tarre
MARK TARRE News Chief
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