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Anthropic says Claude agents discovered new enzyme system
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
Filed: Sep 24, 2026 at 2:17 AM ET
Summary: Anthropic unveiled its first molecular biology discovery from its lab, describing a previously unknown enzyme system found by its Claude model. The company said 950 Claude-powered agents searched a DNA-sequence database for 21 hours, identifying more than 200,000 genes and narrowing to 20 for closer review.
WHO: Anthropic
WHAT: Anthropic announced a previously unknown enzyme system discovered using Claude-powered software agents that analyzed DNA sequences.
WHEN: Sep 24, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: Anthropic presented the discovery as evidence that AI can speed up basic research.
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