Anthropic worked with Diode Computers on a speakerphone, a voice-assistant hub and a virtual pet, and says human engineers built all three without circuitry fixes.
By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
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Primary source: [Claude (official)](https://x.com/claudeai/status/2119899461983822264)
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The demo moves the agent argument from code output to physical objects that either work on first power-up or fail in front of an engineer. If general models can carry electrical, mechanical and firmware constraints through to manufacturable files, hardware prototyping cycles could compress and small teams could take on work that used to require several specialists.
Anthropic says its Claude Fable 5.2 model designed three electronic devices during pre-release testing, moving from short prompts to specifications, circuit boards, enclosures and firmware that human engineers then built into working prototypes. The devices were a speakerphone, a voice-assistant hub and a handheld virtual pet, according to Anthropic's research post on electronics design.…
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