Anthropic's AI Claude Discovers New Enzyme System Similar to CRISPR

<figure> <img alt="" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/STKB364_CLAUDE_2_C_96d15c-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anthropic announced that its AI system, Claude, has identified a new enzyme system that is comparable to the technology used in CRISPR gene editing. This discovery marks the first outcome from Anthropic's newly established wet lab and serves as an early evaluation of Claude's capabilities in scientific research as the company approaches a public offering.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to the company, Claude made this discovery by analyzing a large database of DNA sequences, with human scientists contributing only to the initial prompt and laboratory procedures.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over a period of 21 hours, Anthropic reported that approximately 950 Claude agents processed 210 million tokens, leading to the identification of a unique repeating pattern in the data.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/999470/anthropic-biolab-claude-crispr">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>