ScienceAnthropic’s biolab discovers enzyme system it compares to CRISPR

Anthropic says Claude autonomously found a previously uncharacterized enzyme system in bacteriophages after nearly 950 agents searched a huge DNA database for 21 hours and processed 210 million tokens. Human scientists then reviewed and tested the finding. Its function and practical uses remain unclear, despite comparisons with CRISPR.

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