950 Claude agents found a new enzyme in 21 hours — but recognition fell to 32% when data hid behind tools
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-24
Anthropic's new wet lab scored its first discovery: nearly 950 Claude agents worked 21 hours, consuming 210M tokens, before one spotted an unusual repeating DNA pattern that led to a newly identified enzyme (per The Verge). The catch: when the raw DNA sat directly in context, recognition held above 90%, but once buried behind files and tool calls, many runs failed to read enough of it and recognition collapsed to as low as 32% — a stark warning for agent data-access design.
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