Claude agents reportedly identify ART, an enzyme system with CRISPR-like features
A post relaying Anthropic's announcement says about 950 Claude agents searched DNA databases for 21 hours. It describes the ART finding as preliminary: its function remains unknown, and the work has not been peer-reviewed.
TLDR
According to a post recounting Anthropic's announcement, about 950 Claude-powered agents searched DNA databases for 21 hours, identifying an enzyme system called ART. The account describes short, repeated DNA sequences beside two genes in bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—as resembling CRISPR.
The post says humans provided the initial instructions and performed the experiments, while agents chose which leads to pursue. It says preliminary experiments suggest ART might be programmable to target and cut DNA, but its function remains unknown. The findings are in a preprint and have not undergone peer review.
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Claude agents reportedly identify ART, an enzyme system with CRISPR-like features
A post relaying Anthropic's announcement says about 950 Claude agents searched DNA databases for 21 hours. It describes the ART finding as preliminary: its function remains unknown, and the work has not been peer-reviewed.
TLDR
According to a post recounting Anthropic's announcement, about 950 Claude-powered agents searched DNA databases for 21 hours, identifying an enzyme system called ART. The account describes short, repeated DNA sequences beside two genes in bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—as resembling CRISPR.
The post says humans provided the initial instructions and performed the experiments, while agents chose which leads to pursue. It says preliminary experiments suggest ART might be programmable to target and cut DNA, but its function remains unknown. The findings are in a preprint and have not undergone peer review.