Anthropic has quietly set up a Bay Area wet lab for physical biology experiments as it expands its artificial-intelligence push into drug science, Reuters reported Friday in an exclusive, citing two people familiar with the matter and a confirmation from the company\u2019s head of life sciences.<\/p>\n
Eric Kauderer-Abrams told Reuters the final test in biology \u201cis still and will be for a while in real lab work,\u201d and described Anthropic\u2019s approach as typical of biotech \u2014 some work in its own facilities, some with external partners. A spokesperson later clarified the lab is not for drug discovery specifically. Sources said Anthropic wants Claude to direct robotic units through lab experiments with limited human intervention, while the company stresses human oversight remains essential for safety.<\/p>\n
The effort sits beside Anthropic\u2019s stated aim to unlock treatments for rare and \u201cundruggable\u201d conditions the traditional industry may skip financially \u2014 including complex antibody designs \u2014 while stopping short of running clinical trials so it is not competing head-on with pharma customers. Life sciences is already one of its biggest investment areas by headcount; the firm launched Claude Science software, added Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board, and acquired Coefficient Bio to help build drug-development tools. The lab build arrives as Anthropic researchers warn about catastrophic AI risk and the company prepares f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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