Anthropic's Claude AI is speeding up scientific discovery through new tools tailored for research. Labs are using it to compress months-long tasks into hours, from analyzing genetic data to designing experiments. The system now handles complex workflows that previously required extensive manual effort.

Researchers at Stanford built Biomni, an AI agent powered by Claude, that navigates hundreds of biomedical tools. It conducts analyses across dozens of fields, like genome studies, in minutes instead of months. In tests, it matched expert-level performance and uncovered previously unknown gene regulators in human development.

At MIT’s Cheeseman Lab, scientists developed MozzareLLM to interpret large-scale gene experiments. The tool automates analysis of CRISPR data, identifying gene functions and suggesting follow-up targets. These systems show how AI can take over repetitive tasks and free researchers to focus on novel discoveries.

Experts caution these tools aren’t perfect yet. Researchers still encode domain-specific logic into the models when needed. But early results suggest AI could transform how science gets done—faster, cheaper, and at scale.