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Anthropic kicking off the first phase of the research preview for Model Hardware Standard (MHS): a new standard for AI agents to safely operate physical equipment in scientific research and advanced manufacturing. Connecting AI to hardware requires days or weeks of bespoke integration, with no standard way for agents to operate equipment safely. MHS cuts integration to hours or minutes, provides an interface that makes devices discoverable, and enables agents to operate them safely. In early testing, AI agents used MHS to: Run a drug-discovery experiment with real-time error handling at Genentech Compress an imaging experiment from weeks to a day at HHMI Janelia Research Campus Improve laser stabilization on QuEra's quantum computers from 58% to 99.3% MHS currently best covers lab and manufacturing equipment. Many developers are already using Claude Code to operate hardware like boards and cameras; Anthropic’s research preview will help extend MHS to these devices, so they can all work under one interface.