Anthropic launches Claude Science; John Jumper reportedly joins from DeepMind
MIT Technology Review·high signal
At its June 30, 2026 'AI for Science' briefing, Anthropic introduced Claude Science, a flagship product positioned to do for scientific research what Claude Code did for software engineering — autonomously carrying out research work in computational biology and drug development from high-level instructions. Coverage ties the launch to Nobel laureate and AlphaFold creator John Jumper reportedly leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic, a marquee talent move in the ongoing lab realignment.