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A Claude model autonomously chose a gene therapy and operated on a mouse brain with no human decision-making

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The Decoder2026-10-30AI Impact Score 55/100

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…

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