Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/STKB364_CLAUDE_2_C_96d15c-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from Anthropic's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997809/anthropic-launched-a-biolab">newly-launched wet lab</a> and an early test of Claude's usefulness for science as the company prepares to go public. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company says Claude found the enzyme system after searching through a massive database of DNA sequences, adding that its scientists' involvement was limited to the initial prompt and lab work. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over 21 hours, Anthropic said nearly 950 Claude agents worked through 210 million tokens before one spotted an unusual repeating pattern in the datas …</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>