Claude just found a CRISPR-like DNA pattern, but even Anthropic's scientists aren't sure what it does

Claude just found a CRISPR-like DNA pattern, but even Anthropic's scientists aren't sure what it does The large language model took less than a day to identify the curious stretch of DNA Artificial intelligence companies have been making waves in mathematics, but they are also turning their attention to other sciences, too—including molecular biology. Late last month, Anthropic claimed it had discovered a curious stretch of DNA in a virus called a bacteriophage that repeats over and over again. This is a similar feature to that of CRISPR, the basis of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9.

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