Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
AI Labs Move Into the Lab Bench With Science Workbenches and Genomics Benchmarks
Anthropic launched Claude Science with NVIDIA's BioNeMo toolkit, and OpenAI introduced a genomics benchmark, as vendors race to show real scientific utility rather than chat.
Anthropic released Claude Science, described as a customizable workbench that integrates common research tools and packages, produces auditable artifacts, and provides flexible access to compute. NVIDIA said its BioNeMo Agent Toolkit brings…
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