Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
Summary
Anthropic reports that Claude autonomously discovered a novel enzyme system, ART, associated with a CRISPR-like repeat array in bacteriophages. The discovery demonstrates AI-assisted biology research, with Claude generating and evaluating hypotheses and guiding laboratory validation; early results point to a programmable enzyme system and RNA-like products. A prereprint with more details is available for the community.