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Anthropic opens Life Sciences Verification Program for vetted access to Claude Mythos

September 17, 2026 at 18:33 EDT

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Anthropic opened applications for its Life Sciences Verification Program on September 17, giving verified teams a path to use Claude Mythos, Opus and Sonnet models for biology-related work that is blocked or limited in the generally available Claude Fable lineup. The beta program is initially aimed at teams and institutions, with individual Pro and Max access planned over time.

Sep 17, 2026 · Anthropic

Verified access for frontier biology

The Life Sciences Verification Program opens a gated path to Claude Mythos, Opus and Sonnet for biology work that is normally restricted, pairing broader scientific access with verification and monitoring.

grant types: Standard Use and High-risk Use

days of data retention for LSVP monitoring

model families covered today

Grant renewal cadence

12 months

Standard Use

6 months

High-risk Use

High-risk grants are project-specific and renew twice as often as team-wide Standard Use grants.

How access is controlled

Verify

credentials, security and ethics review

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Scope

team or project use cases

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Monitor

patterns outside approved scope

What improves

Fewer real-time interruptions for approved biology work
Access across Claude Science, Claude.ai, Claude Code and API
Team-level Standard Use for daily research workflows

What remains limited

No individual plans at launch
No third-party platforms yet
Beta is not available for BAA-enabled organizations

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