Anthropic says Claude autonomously found a novel enzyme system in bacteriophages
Anthropic reports that nearly 950 Claude agents analyzed 210 million tokens over 21 hours and flagged an unusual repeating pattern that led to the identification and lab validation of a previously uncharacterized enzyme system in bacteriophages; the company compared the system to CRISPR but says its function and practical applications remain unclear. Anthropic says scientists limited their role to the initial prompt and follow-up lab work and published the early result to demonstrate Claude's capabilities.