Researchers dispute the discovery claim

Objections center on the argument that the research underlying Anthropic's claim had been shared with Claude, meaning the model was working from existing findings rather than producing an independent discovery. The dispute, playing out among researchers, questions the framing of the achievement as a de novo enzyme discovery by AI.

What remains unresolved

The extent of Claude's actual contribution to the enzyme work has not been definitively established, and the disagreement over whether the case amounts to a genuine AI discovery remains unsettled.

Anthropic's claim that Claude discovered a new enzyme is disputed on the grounds that the same research had been shared with the model — a claim that is Mostly True.