Unreleased Claude generated protein binders but did not produce a scorpion antivenom
Investment firm Citrini Research worked with Anthropic to run an unreleased Claude model (with lifted guardrails) to design proteins intended to bind scorpion toxins. Claude produced roughly 320,000 candidates, which were reduced to 211 designs; outside labs (Adaptyv Bio and Twist) tested them and found 17 proteins that bound to four of five target toxins, but no evidence that any design neutralizes toxins or is safe/stable enough to be a medicine.