Remember when Anthropic’s AI jobs report suggested gardeners were among the safest workers because AI couldn’t pull weeds or tell a rose from a dandelion? I joked about that in AI Insider earlier this year. Well, Anthropic updated the research to freak us all out a bit more. This time it asks a bigger question:
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 04 August 2026 Modified baker’s yeast can produce a precursor for a drug that is usually derived from an endangered plant and its relatives. The endangered plant Sinopodophyllum hexandrum is among the sources of a precursor for two cancer therapies. Credit: Felis Images/Nature Picture Library Every year, millions of people take the drugs
