Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

Claude identified a novel enzyme system featuring a reverse transcriptase from a jumbo phage, an array of non-coding DNA repeats, and an unknown accessory protein, all characteristics previously seen only in a few programmable DNA-editing systems. The discovery required 950 agents to analyze 210 million tokens over 21 hours. Feng Zhang praised the finding as a compelling example of AI-driven biological insight.