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Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom

Global Published 22 October 2026, 17:21 · archived 22 Oct 2026

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. It couldn't. It came up with some promising starting points, but nothing close to an actual drug, experts tell The Verge. Citrini Research, the firm […]

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