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18 August 2026

Independent researchers map AI use patterns companies don't publicly share

  • Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies publish usage reports on their own products, but only reveal data supporting their preferred narrative, researchers say.
  • The AI Observatory, a new public research project, analyzed 24,521 real conversations across seven datasets to provide independent usage data that AI companies withhold.

Reported by MIT Technology Review