Anthropic Unveils Three New Metrics To Track AI Development As Industry Debates A Slowdown

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

September 18, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for greater transparency around AI development, including public reporting on how models are built and used.

His proposal reflects a wider debate over the pace of AI development, as capabilities advance while the public and policymakers have limited visibility into how models are trained and improved.

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The call has drawn support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Google DeepMind Chair Demis Hassabis. Amodei has said any slowdown should preserve commercial competitiveness and the United States’ lead in AI.

Anthropic Tracks AI Development With Three Metrics

Anthropic said its first metric found that Claude models were not fully autonomous in any subset of the research and development work it measured.

A second metric found roughly 30,000 AI agents performing research and engineering work across the company’s most-used internal platform, with a system in place to monitor and intervene in their actions.

For the third metric, Anthropic examined compute use from July 13 to July 20. About 6% of compute used for AI research and development went to safety, while safety-related work accounted for roughly 12% of compute dedicated to AI-driven research and development.

Why The Metrics Matter

Anthropic said the measures complement capability evaluations by showing more about how AI systems are developed, rather than only what they can do.

The company said publishing the data could give outside observers a clearer basis for assessing the pace of AI development and added that it plans to continue releasing the measurements.

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Cyprus Expects More French Visitors In 2027 As Air Capacity Expands

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

September 18, 2026

Cyprus expects more French visitors in 2027 as airlines increase capacity between the two countries, Tourism Deputy Minister Kostas Koumis said after meetings with tour operators in Paris.

France, one of Cyprus’ key tourism markets, has had a difficult 2026. French arrivals fell 46% year over year to 8,453 in August, from 15,663 a year earlier, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat). August arrivals were also nearly 50% below the 16,798 recorded in the same month of 2024.

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Overall, Cyprus received 2.82 million tourist arrivals between January and August, down 7% from the same period in 2025.

Air Connectivity Supports 2027 Outlook

Koumis discussed the 2027 outlook with senior executives from tour operators offering Cyprus holidays during the IFTM Top Resa travel trade fair in Paris.

Higher air capacity between France and Cyprus was a key focus of the talks. Participants also discussed the impact of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East on the French market and Cyprus’ efforts to adapt its tourism offering to French travelers.

“The French market is undoubtedly an extremely important market for our country’s tourism,” Koumis said, adding that France had regained importance only a few years ago and still had room to grow.

Improved air connectivity will be an important factor in that expansion, according to Koumis. “It is now clear that air connectivity between France and Cyprus is improving significantly, which is a basic prerequisite for the further growth of the market,” he said.

Cyprus Promotes Tourism And Regional Cooperation

Koumis attended the opening of IFTM Top Resa at the invitation of French Tourism Minister Serge Papin, who later visited the Cyprus stand. Held from Sept. 15 to 17 at Paris Porte de Versailles, the event brought together more than 32,000 tourism professionals representing 177 destinations and 1,650 brands, according to organizers.

During his visit, Koumis also met Egyptian Tourism Minister Sherif Fathy. Cyprus and Egypt reaffirmed their tourism cooperation and discussed opportunities to strengthen ties further.

French media interviews covered Cyprus’ tourism offering, infrastructure and services, along with efforts to develop specialized tourism products. Regional instability weighed on arrivals in 2026, particularly during the spring, although the decline narrowed over the summer.

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