Reading up on Allen Institute

AI progress is constrained by long-task reliability, labor reallocation, cost inefficiencies of general APIs, the declining value of raw coding skills, inadequate benchmark testing, the limits of formal verification without strong specs, memory-bound local hardware advantages, the shift from data to environment-driven training, and the rising competitiveness of US open-weight models.

Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench that integrates scientific tools, produces auditable artifacts, and manages compute for researchers.