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Did Anthropic's AI really make a scientific discovery on its own?
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AI companies’ insistence that their technology is making breakthroughs, not just aiding scientists, is making real progress harder to recognize.
Claude’s enzyme discovery is neat, but it’s unclear what comes next, or whether it was truly original.
When Anthropic, the artificial intelligence giant, unveiled findings from its new biology lab last week, its scientists claimed to have used AI agents to discover new enzymes with promise for biotechnology.