Exclusive: Anthropic partners with Allen Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Exclusive: Anthropic partners with Allen Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ever since Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold cracked the half-century-old protein-folding problem in 2021, AI’s role in science has usually been characterized in terms of the quest for similar big breakthroughs—proof that machines could solve problems humans could not. Anthropic, however, is pushing a different idea: that AI agents may matter more in the unglamorous work between discoveries.  In exclusive interviews announcing new partnerships with th…

Anthropic Teams With Allen Institute And HHMI To Develop Agentic Scientific Tools

Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, has announced new collaborations with the Allen Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to deploy its Claude model as a research assistant and to develop agent-based tools tailored for scientific work. Under the partnerships, both organizations will act as founding life-science collaborators, expanding Claude’s role in advanced biological and biomedical research and supporting coordinated, …