Anthropic 的新湿实验室取得成果，949 个 Claude 智能体在 21 小时内自主找到一种新酶系统，Anthropic 将这一新生物系统家族称为 ART。
推文给出了智能体自主筛查基因数据的规模与耗时，可据此了解 AI 智能体在科研发现中的参与方式。
Wild stuff. Anthropic’s new wet lab got its first win after 949 Claude agents autonomously tracked down a new enzyme system in just 21 hours.
Claude was searching a huge amount of genetic data when it noticed an unusual pattern: the same small piece of DNA repeating again and again next to an enzyme.
The campaign searched 1.94B protein clusters, recovered 198,290 RT clusters, and used 215.6M tokens across 21.5 hours.
That pattern looked a little like CRISPR, so Anthropic’s scientists investigated it and found a new family of biological systems they call ART.
The system also produces many small RNA molecules, suggesting those repeated DNA sections are doing something useful rather than sitting there randomly.
Claude has discovered a previously unknown enzyme system hidden in the DNA of bacteriophages. Beside the enzyme’s gene sits a long array of repeating DNA—a structure that looks somewhat similar to CRISPR. We don’t yet understand what this system does, but only a handful of known systems share its features, and all of them are able to cut, copy, and paste DNA. Historically, the discovery of such programmable systems has helped revolutionize medicine. CRISPR, for instance, is now the foundation of genetic medicines. But it will take much more work to learn what this system does, and whether it can be put to similar use. Read more: https://t.co/RuEosScSMb在 X 查看被引用的帖子
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