AI agent controlled by Claude Sonnet performs brain surgery on mouse to treat epilepsy
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An AI agent running Anthropic's Claude Sonnet controlled a motorized surgical rig to perform brain surgery on a mouse, using gene therapy vectors to treat epilepsy; the mouse reportedly recovered. Opus 5.5 had refused to run the experiment.
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- 2026-10-31 12:00 · Tom's Hardware
AI agent used to perform controversial brain surgery on a mouse, Anthropic Sonnet-controlled motorized surgery rig — Opus 5.5 refused to conduct biological experiment, Sonnet given free rein to treat epilepsy with a range of gene therapy vectors after - 2026-10-31 12:00 · Tom's Hardware
AI agent used to perform controversial brain surgery on a mouse, Anthropic Sonnet controlled motorized surgery rig - 2026-10-29 22:35 · r/singularity
AI agents (run by Claude Sonnet 5) did brain surgery on a mouse [Spoilers: it recovered]