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Anthropic's claimed independent AI enzyme discovery faces questions over Claude chats

A post quotes a University of Copenhagen scientist saying they had studied the same enzymes for four years and told Claude about them in chats. It also says Anthropic denies training on user conversations.

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Steven SinofskySS
Michael Lin, MD PhD 🧬ML
4 Sources, 12d ago, first seen 12d ago

TLDR

A post questions Anthropic's claim that its AI independently discovered new enzymes. It quotes a University of Copenhagen scientist as saying they had studied those exact enzymes for four years and told Claude about them in chats. The post says Anthropic denies training on user conversations.

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Combined views

234K

4 Sources, first seen 12d ago

1.3K likes17 comments396 saves306 reposts

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Positive18.2%81.8%Negative

Summary

Replies largely dismissed Anthropic's claim of an independent AI enzyme discovery as unoriginal and manipulative, noting it matched prior Danish research while viewing such boasts as scammy or lacking accountability.

Based on 40 sentiment-bearing replies from 35 accounts across 4 conversations.

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Positive18.2%81.8%Negative

Summary

Replies largely dismissed Anthropic's claim of an independent AI enzyme discovery as unoriginal and manipulative, noting it matched prior Danish research while viewing such boasts as scammy or lacking accountability.

Based on 40 sentiment-bearing replies from 35 accounts across 4 conversations.

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Michał Podlewski@trajektoriePLAI company stole from scientists again? Anthropic claims its AI "independently" discovered new enzymes. A scientist from University of Copenhagen: "I've studied these exact enzymes for 4 years and told Claude about them in our chats." Anthropic denies training on user conversations. Sound familiar? (See: OpenAI's math scandal.) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/science/anthropic-biology-enzyme-mestre.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVE.e8Mn._lRdB19pQprE12d
Michael Lin, MD PhD 🧬@michaelzlinAnthropic's discovery of array-associated reverse transcriptases? Turns out it was already done by a Danish scientist. He used Claude for administrative tasks, but not in an agentic manner for the discovery. He already filed a patent and gave talks on it https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/science/anthropic-biology-enzyme-mestre.html12d
Steven Sinofsky@stevesiBlaming or crediting agents is out of control. Also out of control, lack of accountability for people making those claims.11d
Yann LeCun@ylecunRT @stevenstrogatz: Another "coincidence", like the one that happened to Tristan Buckmaster with the solution of the Navier-Stokes problem?…11d
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    Michał Podlewski@trajektoriePLAI company stole from scientists again? Anthropic claims its AI "independently" discovered new enzymes. A scientist from University of Copenhagen: "I've studied these exact enzymes for 4 years and told Claude about them in our chats." Anthropic denies training on user conversations. Sound familiar? (See: OpenAI's math scandal.) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/science/anthropic-biology-enzyme-mestre.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVE.e8Mn._lRdB19pQprE12d
    Michael Lin, MD PhD 🧬@michaelzlinAnthropic's discovery of array-associated reverse transcriptases? Turns out it was already done by a Danish scientist. He used Claude for administrative tasks, but not in an agentic manner for the discovery. He already filed a patent and gave talks on it https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/science/anthropic-biology-enzyme-mestre.html12d
    Steven Sinofsky@stevesiBlaming or crediting agents is out of control. Also out of control, lack of accountability for people making those claims.11d
    Yann LeCun@ylecunRT @stevenstrogatz: Another "coincidence", like the one that happened to Tristan Buckmaster with the solution of the Navier-Stokes problem?…11d
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