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theverge ai · September 23, 2026

Anthropic's Claude discovers novel enzyme system rivaling Crispr

anthropic's claude ai autonomously discovered a new enzyme system similar to crisper after searching through a massive dna database. this showcases claude's capabilities in scientific research.

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anthropic's claude ai autonomously discovered a novel enzyme system similar to crisper. nearly 950 claude agents worked for 21 hours, processing 210 million tokens, to find the enzyme. anthropic's scientists were only involved in the initial prompt and lab work. the discovery was made by spotting an unusual pattern in a dna sequence database. anthropic is still studying the enzyme system's functions and implications. this showcases claude's capabilities in scientific research and could impact areas like drug discovery.

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