Anthropic Economic Index January 2026: AI Augments Jobs More Than Replaces Them

Summary

Anthropic released the January 2026 edition of its Economic Index on January 15, analyzing two million Claude AI interactions (split evenly between Claude.ai consumer use and first-party API enterprise use, primarily from November 2025). The report found that 49% of jobs can now use AI in at least a quarter of their tasks, up from 36% in early 2025. Usage splits roughly 50/50 between augmentation (humans collaborating with AI) and automation (AI performing tasks with minimal human input), with a