#ART
2 published articles
Claude discovers novel enzyme system (ART) with CRISPR-like repeats in bacteriophages
Anthropic's new life sciences lab used 950 Claude agents over 21 hours and 210M tokens to identify array-associated reverse transcriptases (ART) in jumbo phages. The system includes non-coding DNA repeats and an accessory protein of unknown function. Feng Zhang calls it 'genuinely intriguing.'
Anthropic says Claude agents found ART, a phage RT system with CRISPR-like repeats, on 23 September
New Anthropic biology lab publishes a Mythos 5 genome-mining campaign and preprint. Function of ART remains open; wet work stays human.