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Researchers say Anthropic’s release of Claude Science will help speed up drug discovery

By Katya Poltorak June 30, 2026

Move over, GPT-Rosalind!

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced the release of Claude Science — a platform that integrates over 60 scientific databases and computation tools in a single workplace. The result? Researchers have everything they need at their fingertips to solve complex problems and analyze results.

Claude Science is Anthropic’s answer to GPT-Rosalind, the AI model designed to speed up research and drug discovery, released by OpenAI in April.

Northeastern Global News asked a few Northeastern scientists, Jeffrey Agar, Zhenyu Tian, Bryan Spring, Sijia Dong, Donald O’Malley, Jared Auclair, George O’Doherty, and Michael Pollastri two questions:

If you find AI helpful in your work, how are you currently using it in your research?
If you don’t currently use AI, are you interested in trying out this technology in the future?

Read more at Northeastern Global News

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