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Morning Edition · Sunday, October 25, 2026Published at 2:22 AM EDT · New York
Claude designed 17 confirmed binders against four scorpion neurotoxins in a 64-hour, mostly autonomous run
The internal research model generated 318,484 designs using 12 protein tools and about 10,000 GPU hours, but Anthropic has not tested whether any binder neutralizes a toxin.
Anthropic asked an internal research model running inside its Claude Science environment to design small protein binders (minibinders) that attach to scorpion neurotoxins dangerous to humans. Anthropic developed the initial prompt with Citr…
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