Why is Anthropic running a biology lab?

Anthropic has built a wet lab, where scientists work directly with biological material, to test whether Claude can speed up biological discovery. Claude scans genetic databases, spots unusual patterns and proposes hypotheses; human researchers choose promising ideas and run the experiments. An early find, a previously uncharacterised enzyme system, is a preprint that still needs study.

Summary written with AI by HowTechMoves, based on reporting by The Daily Star.