Anthropic: Claude autonomously discovers enzyme system akin to CRISPR
Anthropic reported that its AI model Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system similar to the machinery behind CRISPR, marking the first result from its newly launched wet lab. The company said Claude identified the system after searching a massive DNA sequence database, with human involvement limited to the initial prompt and lab work, using nearly 950 agents over 21 hours.
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Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from Anthropic's newly-launched wet lab and an early test of Claude's usefulness for science as the company prepares to go public. The company says Claude found the enzyme system after searching through a massive database of DNA sequences, adding that its scientists' involvement was limited to the initial prompt and lab work. Over 21 hours, Anthropic said nearly 950 Claude agents worked through 210 million tokens before one spotted an unusual repeating pattern in the datas … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Robert Hart / The Verge : Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, somewhat similar to CRISPR, the first result from its new biolab — It took nearly 1,000 Claude agents 21 hours and 210 million tokens to uncover the ‘novel enzyme system.’
