Claude Sonnet 4.6 achieves new benchmarks /// OpenClaw hits 50K stars /// Vibe Coding surges 340% /// Claude Sonnet 4.6 achieves new benchmarks /// OpenClaw hits 50K stars /// Vibe Coding surges 340% ///
Cover Story — August 2026

41 percent of workers use AI, 18 percent of firms adopted it

Dominic Plouffe · Aug 3, 2026 · 5 min read

The Federal Reserve counts workers using AI. Deloitte counts firms governing it. Neither survey can see the biggest deployment in most companies, which is the one nobody filed paperwork for.

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