Anthropic's Claude Science vs DeepMind: Has the AI for science crown changed hands?
anthropic launched claude science, a fully autonomous research agent available to paid subscribers, signaling a major shift in ai for science that challenges google deepmind's dominance.
anthropic released claude science, a fully autonomous agent designed to execute computational biology and drug development research, positioning it as a core product alongside claude code. the tool, accessible to paid subscribers, allows scientists to run code on powerful clusters and manage workflows without expert software engineering skills. this launch intensifies the competition with google deepmind, particularly following the departure of deepmind's nobel laureate john jumper to anthropic. the company estimates its opus 4.5 model performs at the level of a second-year graduate student, suggesting a rapid acceleration in ai's capacity for independent research.