Anthropic: Claude found a CRISPR-like enzyme system in DNA data

Anthropic says Claude spent 21 hours searching DNA sequence databases and surfaced a previously uncharacterized enzyme system with structural similarities to CRISPR-associated enzymes. Its function has not been determined and no wet-lab experiments have been published, so it remains a computational hypothesis.

• Claude searched DNA databases for novel enzyme systems for 21 hours
• The system structurally resembles CRISPR-associated enzymes
• Function unconfirmed; no wet-lab validation published yet
• CRISPR won the 2020 chemistry Nobel and spawned a multi-billion-dollar industry