Did Anthropic's AI really make a discovery on its own? Copenhagen biologist says his work matched
AllThingsApx · x · 2026-09-28
- The NYT reports doubts over Anthropic's claim that AI agents in its new biology lab independently discovered novel enzymes (ARTs) with biotech promise.
- Computational biologist Mario Rodríguez Mestre (University of Copenhagen) says his team has studied these enzymes for four years and has regularly used Anthropic's models for coding and manuscript drafting for the past three years — sharing key findings along the way.
- His team's work is unpublished, yet Anthropic's "discovery" matches it. His concern: whether the AI reasoned its way to the results or was guided by his team's work, and whether their data was used to train future models.
- The episode raises broader questions about evaluating AI's contribution to science, fair credit, and protection of unpublished work.
Related event: Researchers Question Anthropic's Claimed AI Scientific Discovery(3 posts)→
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