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Model Hardware Standard

Anthropic framework of rules specifying how AI agents should and should not interact with physical hardware such as microscopes, liquid handlers, quantum computing hardware, manufacturing machines and robot arms; gated to trusted partners before general availability.

Current clusters

leadership1 distinct publisher

Anthropic's hardware standard shrinks instrument integration to a configuration task

Anthropic's research preview cuts weeks of bespoke instrument integration down to hours for labs and manufacturers, which moves the binding constraint on unattended experiments from engineering capacity to whoever signs for them.

Publishers:anthropic.com

Reality

Evidence24
Adoption18
Hype gap+42
Incentives82

product1 distinct publisher

Anthropic's agent-hardware standard hands the do-not-touch list to the lab

The Model Hardware Standard would let agents drive microscopes and robot arms. Anthropic is keeping it to trusted partners for now, which leaves open who at each site writes the rules about what must not be touched.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence28
Adoption12