Would COVID vaccines ship faster in 2026 with OpenAI and Anthropic in the loop?
flowersslop · x · 2026-10-05
An open-ended thought experiment: if the COVID outbreak had happened in 2026 instead of 2020, would vaccines be developed much faster, and what role would companies like OpenAI and Anthropic play in that process? No hard data, but it touches the core debate about AI accelerating science and drug discovery.
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