Anthropic announced that its Bay Area biology lab discovered a new enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA with properties similar to CRISPR, found mostly by its Claude AI model in 21 hours. The discovery will require validation from the broader research community, and while the lab currently has human scientists perform all physical experiments at biosafety levels 1-2, Anthropic has not ruled out fully autonomous AI-controlled labs in the future.
Anthropic's Claude agents discovered a new ART enzyme system in bacteriophages through autonomous analysis of genetic data in a wet lab experiment completed in 21 hours.
Anthropic's new life sciences research group used Claude to discover a novel enzyme system with DNA repeats similar to CRISPR. The system, based on a reverse transcriptase from a jumbo phage, features non-coding DNA sequences and an accessory protein of unknown function, potentially offering new programmable tools for DNA manipulation.
Anthropic announced that Claude discovered a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like properties by autonomously analyzing DNA sequence databases. The system, based on a reverse transcriptase from a jumbo phage, features associated non-coding DNA repeats and an accessory protein, characteristics previously found only in programmable DNA-manipulation systems.