# Anthropic reports that Claude ran a 64-hour autonomous protein-design campaign with 17 lab-confirmed binders

The run generated 318,484 designs and used about 10,000 graphics-processor hours, and Anthropic states plainly that it tested binding only and makes no therapeutic claim.

- Published: 2026-10-27T06:18:03.036Z
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- Sources: [Anthropic Research](https://www.anthropic.com/research/claude-scorpion-toxin-binder-design)

Anthropic published results from a protein-design campaign in which Claude worked for 64 hours from one initial prompt and four follow-up messages. The target was a set of scorpion neurotoxins, chosen because they are well characterized and…

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