Anthropic releases 211 scorpion-toxin designs after 17 meet binding criteria

Anthropic says its internal Claude research model generated 318,484 protein designs aimed at scorpion neurotoxins, with 17 of the 211 designs sent for lab testing meeting the company's criteria for binding. Anthropic announced the release and published the designs and associated data on October 20th, describing the work as an early step toward research on scorpion antivenoms.