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Morning Edition · Wednesday, September 2, 2026Published at 2:20 AM EDT · New York
Anthropic Opens a Research Preview of a Standard for AI Agents to Operate Lab and Factory Equipment
Early users report an experiment compressed from weeks to a day at Janelia and laser stabilization on QuEra's quantum computers rising from 58 percent to 99.3 percent.
Anthropic opened the first phase of a research preview for the Model Hardware Standard, a shared specification that lets AI agents discover and operate physical instruments. The target equipment is laboratory and manufacturing hardware: mic…
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