METR: Anthropic's researcher uplift plausibly >2x

In Q2 2026, Anthropic contributors merged 8× more code per day. METR's Thomas Kwa argues this implies >2x researcher uplift, though others at METR disagree. The math was checked by Claude, not a second human.
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