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Anthropic Says Its AI Discovered CRISPR-Like Enzyme System
Original: Anthropic Says Its A.I. Discovered a New Enzyme System That Resembles the Revolutionary Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR
Anthropic announced that its artificial intelligence uncovered a previously unknown enzyme system resembling CRISPR, the gene-editing technology that transformed biology. If verified, the discovery could point to new tools for editing DNA and expand the rapidly growing catalogue of programmable enzymes found through AI-driven research. The claim has drawn attention from scientists weighing its significance.
Why now: The comparison to CRISPR raises the prospect of a major new gene-editing tool discovered by AI rather than human researchers.
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- Anthropic Says Its A.I. Discovered a New Enzyme System That Resembles the Revolutionary Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR · Smithsonian Magazine
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