~950 Claude agents ran 21 hours and autonomously discovered a novel enzyme system
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-09-24
Following math, AI-driven discovery is now accelerating in biology. Anthropic says Claude agents autonomously discovered a previously uncharacterized enzyme system featuring CRISPR-like DNA repeats.
Roughly 950 Claude agents worked for 21 hours, combing massive genomic databases and analyzing over 200,000 reverse transcriptases to surface the find — another landmark case of autonomous AI scientific discovery.
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