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Carl Zimmer@Carl_Zimmer@mastodon.social

Writer. Columnist, New York Times. Book author. Champion of under-appreciated life forms. Web: carlzimmer.com

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Carl Zimmer@Carl_Zimmer@mastodon.social (2026-09-28 06:13:24)
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence?  Here’s my story. https://nyti.ms/3VSWayc