Policy Trustworthy agents in practice Apr 9, 2026 AI “agents” represent the latest major shift in how people and organizations are using AI. A couple of years ago, AI models were only broadly available as chatbots—simple question-and-answer machines. …
… It matches how we actually build practices and deploy teams. Enterprise AI needs to be powerful. The Claude Partner Network helps formalize and scale the work underway; the training, industry-focused solutions, and practical guidance for deploying AI. …
… The rate of progress raises sociological questions about the practice of science and the role of scientific institutions: What should research apprenticeship look like? How do we maintain trust in the literature when AI becomes more central to producing it? …
… Model developers should consider training models to recognize their own uncertainty. Training models to recognize their own uncertainty and surface issues to humans proactively is an important safety property that complements external safeguards like human approval flows and access restrictions. …
… We then train Claude to produce better explanations according to this definition using standard AI training techniques. In more detail, suppose we have a language model whose activations we want to understand. …
… We’re also working on sharing ideas and best practices for disclosing vulnerabilities to open-source maintainers, with the intent of making these reports easier to triage and to act upon. …
… Developers then shape that further through training—choosing which patterns to reinforce, which to set aside, and what kind of character we want them to develop . This raises questions about how the character of an AI system should be shaped: What does it mean for an AI to be good? …
… From there, the company's engineers—alongside Anthropic Applied AI staff—will develop Claude-powered systems tailored to each organization’s operations. Consider a multi-site healthcare services group, like a network of physician practices. …
… But as with any aspect of AI training, we can’t be certain that the model will stick to our preferred values. AIs aren’t rigidly-programmed pieces of software, and it’s often unclear exactly why they produce any given answer. …
… Claude is already available in ChatPwC—the firm's internal AI assistant—and is in production on client engagements with three active AI incubation pods in Finance, Supply Chain, and Deal Making. …