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Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom
An investment research firm wanted to prove AI could revolutionize drug development. So they teamed up with Anthropic to see whether an unreleased version of Claude could make scorpion antivenom.
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An investment research firm partnered with Anthropic to test whether an unreleased version of Claude could develop a scorpion antivenom. The AI was unable to produce an actual drug, instead generating only preliminary ideas that experts described as promising starting points. The Verge reports that the effort did not result in a viable antivenom, highlighting the current limits of AI in drug discovery.
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