"Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown."
"Biologists at Anthropic announced on Wednesday that they had used artificial intelligence to identify genes in viruses that produce enzymes that work in a new way, the first discovery emanating from a research lab the company opened this spring.
“We have chosen biology and medicine as the primary way that we believe the benefits from A.I. can come about,” said Eric Kauderer-Abrams, the head of life sciences at Anthropic.
Dr. Kauderer-Abrams and his colleagues described their work in a technical report posted on the company’s website. The results have not yet been submitted to a scientific journal for publication.
Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, saw great potential in the finding. “Today we announced the Claude-led discovery of a molecular machine that we suspect could represent a new gene editing mechanism,” he wrote on X on Wednesday."
Carl Zimmer reports for the New York Times September 24, 2026.
