Anthropic says Claude AI autonomously discovered a new Crispr-like enzyme system

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Anthropic has announced that its AI model Claude independently identified a novel enzyme system resembling the mechanism behind the gene-editing tool Crispr. The discovery emerged from Claude's analysis of a vast DNA sequence database, with human scientists contributing only an initial prompt and subsequent lab work. Nearly 950 Claude agents collectively processed 210 million tokens over 21 hours before one detected an unusual repeating pattern in the data. This marks the first published result from Anthropic's newly established wet laboratory. The finding comes as the company prepares for a public offering and looks to demonstrate Claude's practical value in scientific research.

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