The complete instruction manual of a living thing, written in DNA.
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Anthropic announced that its AI model Claude autonomously discovered a CRISPR-like gene-editing system hiding in bacterial DNA — scanning a vast genome database for 21 hours and spotting what human researchers had walked past. Announced 24 Sep 2026.
Every living thing carries its full build-plan in DNA — that complete set of instructions is its genome (gene + -ome, "the whole of"). Bacterial genomes hide surprising machinery: inside one, Claude spotted a CRISPR-like editing system called ART after 21 hours of searching — a discovery pattern humans had missed. An AI just earned its first co-discoverer credit in biology.
Keep it: genome = the whole cookbook of you. Every cell in your body holds the same one.
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