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Funnel chart showing Claude's biology pipeline narrowing from 200,000 reverse transcriptases to 3,500 candidates, 20 analyzed, and 1 pattern flagged. AI scientific discovery claims under scrutiny.

AI scientific discovery claims face biologist backlash

AI scientific discovery is under fire after Anthropic said Claude found a CRISPR-like DNA pattern that biologists call routine grunt work, not a breakthrough.

Lars Cornelissen · Sep 28, 2026