Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, somewhat similar to CRISPR, the first result from its new biolab (Robert Hart/The Verge)
Anthropic says nearly 1,000 Claude agents found a previously unknown bacteriophage enzyme system after 21 hours of autonomous work.
The company describes it as the first result from its new molecular biology lab. Claude worked through data and literature to generate hypotheses and candidate systems, with Anthropic scientists reviewing the result afterward. The enzyme’s gene sits beside a long array of repeating DNA, a structure Anthropic says looks somewhat like CRISPR. Anthropic says it does not yet know what the system does. Techmeme's note
The company describes it as the first result from its new molecular biology lab. Claude worked through data and literature to generate hypotheses and candidate systems, with Anthropic scientists reviewing the result afterward. The enzyme’s gene sits beside a long array of repeating DNA, a structure Anthropic says looks somewhat like CRISPR. Anthropic says it does not yet know what the system does. Techmeme's note
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