Claude model autonomously selects gene therapy and performs mouse brain surgery without human decisions
According to The Decoder, an AI agent built on a Claude model performed brain surgery on an epileptic mouse, choosing the drug, the brain target and the injection coordinates without human input. Lead researcher Ocana-Santero describes it as the first time an AI agent has autonomously selected a treatment and delivered it to a living mammal. When a calibration error occurred mid-surgery, the agent refused to continue and could not be persuaded otherwise.
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It offers a concrete, verifiable datapoint on agentic AI moving from software tasks into autonomous wet-lab and surgical decision-making, including its safety behavior.
An AI agent performed brain surgery on an epileptic mouse, picking the drug, the brain target, and the injection coordinates on its own. According to lead researcher Ocana-Santero, it's the first time an AI agent has autonomously chosen a treatment and delivered it to a living mammal. But when a calibration error hit mid-surgery, the agent refused to continue and couldn't be talked out of it.
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