Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. "The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live," says one expert. Tech executives have long touted the potential for their AI models to accelerate the pace of biology discoveries. Last week, they announced one.

AI giant Anthropic has announced the discovery of a new enzyme system in bacterial DNA that it said could "represent a new gene editing mechanism" similar to the groundbreaking CRISPR tool. Anthropic said on Wednesday that its signature AI model, Claude, had "autonomously" discovered the system at the prompting of researchers working at the company's recently established biology research lab in San Francisco. CRISPR technology has been credited with advancing the treatment of a range of diseases, including sickle cell disease and cancer. Anthropic, which is at the centre of a vigorous global debate about how to maximise the benefits of AI while mitigating catastrophic risks, said it had not determined the function of the system. It said Claude discovered the system after spending 21 hours searching a large database of DNA sequences. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has claimed that AI could cure most diseases within five to 10 years, said in a post on X that his company suspects the "molecular machine" could "represent a new gene editing mechanism".

Anthropic has established a biology research lab in the San Francisco Bay Area to conduct physical experiments, according to Reuters. Eric Kauderer-Abrams, the company's Head of Life Sciences, has confirmed the lab's existence to the news organization. "We believe that to do biology, the final test is still and will be for a while in real lab work," he said. "We absolutely are doing that today..." He also said that while Anthropic is doing lab work in-house, it's also working with external partners when it makes sense.

This huge guy was 83-feet long and a member of the longest land animals ever known. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Until now, all Diplodocus remains had been found in the U.S. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . Diplodocus is a famous genus of giant sauropod dinosaurs with small heads and long, whip-like tails that lived in the Late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago).

Animal sounds could be a window into their internal emotions, new research indicates. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Rat vocalizations have been linked to different emotions and motivational states. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Science Dinosaurs Paleontologists discover first adult'T. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. An adult T. rex easily weighed over 17,000 pounds. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Researchers believe the first known humans to set foot on Ireland thousands of years ago were most likely from Wales, following the exciting discovery of ancient cave art. During the most recent Ice Age, when much of the British Isles were beneath a vast continental glacier, the depleted sea levels opened a lost land bridge between modern-day Pembrokeshire and the south-east tip of Ireland, around Rosslare. According to rock expert Dr George Nash, from Liverpool University, the opportunities presented by this pathway would have been too good for hunter gatherers to ignore. Now, alongside an international team of experts, Nash has located eight cave sites in south-west Ireland featuring rock art dating back from at least 15,000 years ago, around 5,000 years before the previous oldest example of humans in Ireland. Nash, who coordinated the Lost Land Bridge Project, said there would have been a forested and grassland plateau around 46 miles (76 km) coast-to-coast.

The extinct big cats stalked grasslands 2.5 million years ago. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. M. trumani was highly adaptable depending on its habitat. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Science Dinosaurs Fossilized tissue reveals largest known T. rex died from broken rib The blood vessels around the wound that killed Scotty were preserved for 66 million years. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . The largest fossils ever discovered belong to a 66-million-year-old apex predator named Scotty .

More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . A recently excavated, 2,000-year-old ancient Roman artifact suggests that followers of secretive cult were more widespread than historians initially thought. Based on findings recently detailed in the journal, a skyfather named Sabazios from present-day Turkey boasted worshippers as far away as northeastern Spain.