Anthropic's New Biolab: Claude Autonomously Finds a Novel CRISPR-Like Enzyme System in Bacteriophages
Summary
Anthropic launched a new life sciences research group and disclosed its first result: Claude autonomously flagged a previously uncharacterized bacteriophage enzyme system called array-associated reverse transcriptases (ART), whose structure resembles CRISPR arrays. Roughly 950 agents ran for 21 hours and used 210M tokens to scan 200,000 RTs and narrow 3,500 candidates down to 20 systems; CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang endorsed the work as 'genuinely intriguing.' A technical preprint dropped alongside the announcement.
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Anthropic threw Claude at a DNA database. 21 hours, 950 agents, and 210mm tokens later, it emerged with a novel reverse transcriptase (similar to CRISPR). They're running a non-pathogenic (BSL-1/2) research lab in the Ba…
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