Anthropic announced partnerships with the Allen Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to deploy Claude‑powered AI agents for lab workflows, analysis and coordination, aiming to accelerate routine scientific tasks and shorten research timelines, Anthropic’s life sciences lead told Fortune. Separately, OpenAI launched a desktop Codex App to broaden access to its coding models, targeting non‑developer users and enterprise teams building AI agents. Both moves underscore tech vendors’ push to embed generative AI in research and teaching environments, raising questions about integration, governance, and research reproducibility on campuses.