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June 2026

Test Driving Claude Science
Anthropic released Claude Science today. I tried it out for an AIxBio literature review and for an analysis using the IUCN Red List API with R.
 • Stephen D. Turner
A Claude skill for pre-submission peer review
Open-source skill to use Claude + Consensus for pre-submission mock peer review backed by citations to published, peer-reviewed literature.
 • Stephen D. Turner
Most gain of function research is not dangerous, and most dangerous research is not called gain of function
A new review separates a broad literature term from the narrow set of experiments biosecurity policy is meant to catch. 500 words, 2 minutes reading…
 • Stephen D. Turner
AI-powered Literature Review & Synthesis
Recording from my workshop last week on smarter literature review with AI
 • Stephen D. Turner
Six Things: June 18, 2026
Cal Newport on doom trolling, SecureBio's benchmark dashboard, RAND on biodesign audit trails, the anti-scaling law in drug development, local models…
 • Stephen D. Turner
Policy on the AI Exponential
Another (short) essay by Dario Amodei
 • Stephen D. Turner
Launch a Project in Positron with Raycast
I switched out RStudio+Alfred for Positron+Raycast. Here's how to open a project in Positron with a few keystrokes using Raycast.
 • Stephen D. Turner
Open tabs (June 12, 2026)
TBR in AIxBio, AIxEdu, AIxLabor, AIxWriting, and other essays & papers
 • Stephen D. Turner
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