Anthropic Opens AI-Powered Wet Lab in Bay Area, Drawn Criticism Over Biorisk Stance
birchlse · x · 2026-09-19
Per Reuters, Anthropic has set up a wet lab in the San Francisco Bay Area for physical biology work, aiming to unlock treatments for rare diseases as its research moves beyond in silico evaluations. Academics like TaliaRinger are calling out the contradiction: an AI company that claims to be concerned about biorisk is now opening an AI-empowered wet lab.
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