Anthropic extends free Claude credits to 20 science funders, institutes and projects
Sorted AI31 OctAnthropic has expanded its AI for Science programme, which gives free Claude credits to researchers, with 20 foundations, institutions and research groups. Funders such as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences and the US National Science Foundation will pass credits on to researchers, while institutes including the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute and EMBL will use them in house, alongside projects such as FlyWire at Princeton and gnomAD at the Broad Institute. Anthropic also highlights the Model Hardware Standard, built with HHMI Janelia to let AI agents safely operate lab instruments, which is in research preview. Many of the projects are expected to produce open datasets, software and standards.
Why it matters: If you work in research, biotech or a university lab, check whether one of these funders is distributing Claude credits in your field. For everyone else, agents driving lab instruments is an early sign of AI moving from desk work into physical workflows.
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