AnalysisScienceJune 8, 2026
Paving the way for agents in biology
Even the strongest scientific AI agents (Claude, GPT) failed to reliably retrieve sequence data from the NCBI Virus database. Accuracy jumped to nearly 100% once a deterministic retrieval layer (gget virus) was added. The authors argue biological data infrastructure must be redesigned for agent use.
Featured · Laura Luebbert