Researcher Warns Life Sciences Verification Program Could Lock Down Biology, Urges Support for Open Models
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-18
Anshul Kundaje responds to SynBio1's concerns about the "Life Sciences Verification Program": he doubts it will actually happen because open models will keep improving and catching up—the frontier will be more locked up, but most practical tasks don't need bleeding-edge access, which is exactly why open models need support.
The quoted author mourns that the program will lock down and gatekeep biological knowledge, marking the end of open science as they knew it: they recall benefiting from open-access literature, a culture of transparency among scientists, free GenBank sequences and PDB structures, and knowledge shared by colleagues for the pure love of learning.
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