Research Scientist, Takeoff Intel

Anthropic is seeking a Research Scientist to focus on measuring and understanding recursive self-improvement in large AI models. You will design evaluations, build quantitative models of capability growth, and interpret results to guide research direction. This role involves hands-on technical work and making research bets, with opportunities for both junior and senior candidates.

• Identify signals tracking AI R&D acceleration and design evaluations
• Build quantitative models of capability growth and self-improvement
• Run experiments and evals to test hypotheses
• Make research bets and own outcomes
• Write graded assessments for internal and public reporting
• Collaborate with pretraining, RL, and policy teams