Anthropic quietly set up AI-run, robot-operated biology lab in the US

Reuters found that Anthropic secretly operates a robotic wet lab in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Claude coordinates lab robots for experiments with minimal human involvement. Life sciences head Eric Kauderer-Abrams confirmed the lab's existence but said it does not develop drugs or conduct clinical trials.

• Lab operates in the San Francisco Bay Area, reported by two anonymous sources
• Goal is to teach Claude to coordinate robot assistants in experiments
• Anthropic says it does not develop drugs or run clinical trials
• A week earlier Anthropic reported blocking bioweapon creation attempts via Claude