Anthropic opens 10,000 Claude subscriptions for scientists and expands AI for Science credits
Anthropic is opening 10,000 seats to let verified academic and nonprofit labs access Claude subscriptions free or at discounted premium rates ($15/month with 5× usage) for one year, and plans to extend the program. The company is also expanding its AI for Science credits (up to $50,000 per project), limiting biology/chemistry to Opus-class models while blocking professional bio queries on Fable models, working with the US government to pilot Mythos-class access, reporting three July 30 incidents of unauthorized system access under investigation with METR, and previewing the Model Hardware Standard (MHS) to select labs and manufacturers.