Anthropic Launches Software to Automate Scientific Research

Anthropic, the most valuable AI startup, has announced new software designed to help scientists automate their research. The product, called Claude Science, is an add-on for Anthropic’s neural networks, such as Claude Opus and Claude Sonnet. This software will be useful for automating a range of tasks in biology and chemistry, including, for example, protein structure prediction, according to an Anthropic press release. The software brings together a suite of tools commonly used by scientists, including more than 60 scientific databases, the company notes. A beta version of Claude Science is already available to paid subscribers. The AI developer unveiled Claude Science at an event in San Francisco on the evening of June 30.

According to the developers' vision, Claude Science is designed to simplify the automation of multi-step processes and allow users to ask questions in "natural" language, without having to write code or formulas or consult multiple separate sources.

Anthropic and its competitor OpenAI have been actively developing AI tools over the past year to automate a wider range of professional tasks—from financial services to science and healthcare—in an effort to attract more corporate clients and live up to their companies’ high valuations, Bloomberg reports. Anthropic is currently valued at $965 billion, and the company is moving toward an IPO that could take place as early as this fall, the agency notes.

Anthropic’s product releases in recent months have had a noticeable impact on the markets, reflecting broader investor concerns about which companies and services may ultimately be displaced by AI, according to Bloomberg. For example, in February, Anthropic introduced Claude Cowork, a tool for automating certain legal tasks, including contract analysis and the preparation of legal opinions—this triggered a $1 trillion drop in the stock market over the course of a week.

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