Anthropic稱Claude AI協助發現新型酵素系統

9月23日（路透）——Anthropic週三表示，其Claude模型協助發現一種新型酵素系統，該系統具備令人聯想到基因編輯技術CRISPR機制的特性，這也是這家AI新創公司生物學研究工作的首項成果。Sept 23 (Reuters) - Anthropic on Wednesday said its Claude model helped discover a novel enzyme system with properties reminiscent of mechanisms in gene-editing technology CRISPR, marking the first result from the AI startup's biology research efforts.

路透社日前報導，Anthropic已悄悄在舊金山灣區設立濕實驗室；數日後，該公司便公布這項發現。Anthropic正將其在生命科學與藥物相關研究的企圖心，從純粹以電腦為基礎的工作進一步擴大。The finding comes days after Reuters reported Anthropic had quietly established a wet lab in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the company expands its ambitions in life sciences and drug-related research beyond purely computer-based work.

• Anthropic表示，Claude分析大型DNA資料庫後，發現一套以反轉錄酶（RT）為核心的異常系統；反轉錄酶是一種會將RNA複製成DNA的酵素。• Anthropic said Claude analyzed large DNA databases and found an unusual system built around a reverse transcriptase (RT), an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA.

• Anthropic已將該系統命名為陣列相關反轉錄酶，簡稱ART。• Anthropic has named the system array-associated reverse transcriptases, or ART.

• Anthropic表示，ART含有重複的DNA序列，這些序列類似於CRISPR中可見的模式。• ART contains repeating DNA sequences that resemble patterns seen in CRISPR, Anthropic said.

• 該公司指出，雖然先前研究已辨識出其底層的反轉錄酶，但Claude似乎是第一個辨認出這個更大系統關鍵特徵的模型，包括一組非編碼DNA序列，以及另一種功能未知的蛋白質。• The company noted that while the underlying RT had been identified in previous studies, Claude appeared to be the first to recognize key features of the broader system, including an array of non-coding DNA sequences and an additional protein of unknown function.

（班加羅爾Aatreyee Dasgupta報導；Jonathan Ananda編輯）(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)