Claude optimizes 30+ biomolecular models, ~4x faster
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Anthropic says Claude optimized more than 30 open-source biomolecular prediction and design models in under four weeks, speeding them up roughly 4x on average. A new low-memory mode predicts systems larger than 10,000 tokens on a single NVIDIA GPU node.
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Sep 17, 2026ScienceHow Claude is uplifting biomolecular modelinganthropic.com
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