Anthropic opens AI-powered biology research lab

Anthropic PBC has established a wet lab in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to biology research. According to Reuters, the facility utilizes robots to automate specific scientific tasks, with these robotic assistants powered by the Claude series of large language models. While the company has previously issued warnings regarding AI-made bioweapons, it is now implementing this AI-run, robot-operated environment to guide bio experiments in the real world, although specific research projects remain undisclosed.