# 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.

- Published: 2026-07-01T10:44:10.216Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-01/ai-labs-move-into-the-lab-bench-with-science-workbenches-and
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Anthropic News](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-science-ai-workbench), [NVIDIA Blog](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/claude-science-bionemo-agent-toolkit/), [OpenAI News](https://openai.com/index/introducing-genebench-pro)

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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