Anthropic runs biology experiments in new lab amid AI safety warnings

anthropic has set up a wet biology lab to test its ai models in real-life experiments. according to eric kauderer-abrams, anthropic's head of life sciences, the lab operates like most biotech labs, conducting some research in-house and collaborating with external partners. this move comes as anthropic faces scrutiny over its conflicting goals in ai safety and biotech research. the company has promised to use ai to cure human diseases, but some of its researchers have warned about the potential risks of ai, including the possibility of it killing humans by the end of the decade. anthropic has also launched a life sciences verification program to give vetted bio researchers access to its most powerful models.