Claude (Anthropic AI model)

Autonomous discovery agent that identified ART

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Claude AI discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system in phage DNA

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Identified ART after a 21-hour autonomous database search

Anthropic's Claude AI spent 21 hours autonomously searching a database of 200,000+ reverse transcriptase enzymes. It flagged an unusual enzyme paired with a repeating DNA pattern, a layout reminiscent of CRISPR.

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