Anthropic sets up wet lab in Bay Area, sparking debate over autonomous biology access
mallow610 · x · 2026-09-19
- Reuters reports 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.
- Wolftivy mocked the move: "No one would ever give an unaligned frontier AI system autonomous access to a biology lab. Don't be absurd." — highlighting safety concerns over giving frontier models real-world biology capabilities.
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