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Anthropic says Claude discovered Crispr-like enzyme system

Anthropic says its AI Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system similar to the machinery behind Crispr gene editing. It is the first result from Anthropic's newly launched wet lab.

First seen 23 Sep, 18:00 UTC on The Verge3 sourcesLast update 19h ago

What the sources say

Linked, never rewritten. Official means the lab itself.

Official0

No word from Anthropic yet.

Coverage1

The Verge· 23 Sep, 18:00Anthropic's biolab made a discovery it's comparing to Crispr

Community2

Hacker News· 23 Sep, 18:06Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats8 points · 0 comments r/singularity· 23 Sep, 18:27Claude discovered a novel enzyme system with properties reminiscent of CRISPR

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.

23 Sep 18:00The Verge Anthropic's biolab made a discovery it's comparing to Crispr 23 Sep 18:06Hacker News Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats 23 Sep 18:27r/singularity Claude discovered a novel enzyme system with properties reminiscent of CRISPR