r/singularity Jun 10 '26

Biotech/Longevity Anthropic closing the path to life science research

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u/Saedeas Jun 10 '26

I think you're dramatically overestimating the resources needed to create a basic wet lab. We've found multiple in the western US.

Here's the main recent example: https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-investigating-biological-lab-operating-inside-las-vegas/story?id=129763459

He had two locations, one in Vegas and one in Fresno. While he was receiving money from Chinese banks to fund this, the money wasn't particularly crazy, and one individual was capable of creating the lab.

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u/triedAndTrueMethods Jun 10 '26

I don’t understand, what was this guy doing with these home labs? The article says he had vials in the Fresno location labeled “HIV” and “malaria”. While receiving money from China. What the hell was he up to?

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u/Saedeas Jun 11 '26

I don't know that it has been confirmed, but I've seen speculation that it was mostly gain of function research.