Anthropic unifies AI control of lab hardware with Model Hardware Standard

anthropic is developing the model hardware standard (mhs), a unified interface for ai agents to control physical devices. mhs uses standardized drivers to make devices discoverable in a common format, cutting integration time from weeks or months to hours or minutes. early tests with partners like genentech and carnegie mellon university show ai can optimize workflows and generate scripts, but human oversight is still necessary due to limitations in understanding physical cause and effect. mhs is currently available as a research preview and will be open-sourced later.