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Anthropic's Delegation Gap Report: 60% Use / 0-20% Trust.

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The most important data in vibe coding this week. Developers use AI in 60% of work but fully delegate only 0-20%. The moment tasks become design-heavy or ambiguous, engineers pull back. The gap narrows only when verification is cheap — tests pass, linter clean, CI green. Highest-leverage investment: making verification cheaper, not agents smarter. Anthropic

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