Vertex chairman: 50 AI companies, zero working drugs — Marcus pounces on Dario's claims
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-05
Gary Marcus amplifies Vertex Pharmaceuticals executive chairman Jeff Leiden's quote — "That's complete BS" — saying Vertex has used roughly 50 AI companies to comb through its dataset of 10,000 drug compounds and not one has generated a working drug. The statement directly undercuts Dario Amodei's claims about AI dramatically accelerating drug discovery, fueling the debate over AI-for-science hype vs. reality.
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