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Report 003 · AI in the Lab · 2026-07-04 · 5 min

The Pocket the AI Couldn't See

Several state-of-the-art models nailed a cancer protein's shape and missed a hidden druggable pocket. The lab found it by hand. What that gap says about AI in research, and how to read an "AI discovered X" headline.

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