A biologist queries whether AI 'borrowed' his work to make major discovery—an expert explains the rules

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AI company Anthropic recently announced that its popular system Claude had identified an unusual family of biological molecules.

These molecules were enzymes, a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions in living organisms.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:40:10 UTC.

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