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Did AI find a new gene-editing tool? Why Anthropic’s ‘autonomous discovery’ is sparking controversy

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Anthropic’s claim its AI agents discovered an unusual pattern in viral DNA similar to what’s seen in the gene-editing tool CRISPR Cas-9 has set off controversy.

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