Anthropic has published new research on 29 January 2026 that asks a hard question of software teams adopting AI assistants: do quick productivity gains come at the cost of long‑term coding mastery?

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The good news? This isn’t an AI limitation – it’s a design feature. AI’s flexibility to work across domains only works because it doesn’t come preloaded with assumptions about your specific situation.