←Back to NewsAI News/LlmsnewsLlmsDevelopmentAnthropic's Claude Uncovers a Hidden CRISPR-Like System in Virus DNAAnthropic's new molecular biology lab used Claude to surface a mysterious enzyme system in phage DNA that resembles CRISPR's cut-and-paste machinery.SourceAnthropicPublishedSep 23, 2026, 6:18 PMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readAnthropic's new molecular biology lab used Claude to surface a mysterious enzyme system in phage DNA that resembles CRISPR's cut-and-paste machinery.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsGitHub · newsGitHub Integrates Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 Into Copilot at 40% Lower CostCursor · newsAnthropic's Opus 5.5 Tops Cursor's Coding Benchmark at 40% Lower CostCursor · newsCursor's Claude Fable 5.1 Hits 73.4% and Catches Its Own Bugs