Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude is becoming increasingly popular among technology professionals in San Francisco, according to a report by Kevin Roose in The New York Times. Users praise the chatbot for its emotional intelligence and ability to provide thoughtful advice on various topics, from legal matters to personal relationships. While Claude has fewer users than … Read more
Anthropic has made its latest AI model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, available to all users through its web and mobile chatbot platforms. According to VentureBeat reporter Carl Franzen, the model was previously accessible only to developers via API since October 2024. The new model features a 200,000-token context window, surpassing OpenAI’s GPT-4 capacity. Third-party benchmarking organization … Read more
Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team, a specialized safety testing unit, has conducted extensive evaluations of the company’s latest AI model Claude 3.5 Sonnet to assess its potential dangers. As reported by Sam Schechner in The Wall Street Journal, the team led by Logan Graham runs thousands of tests to check the AI’s capabilities in areas like … Read more
A detailed comparison between two AI language models shows that o1 Pro’s performance advantage over Claude 3.5 Sonnet may not justify its tenfold higher price for most users. Reddit user Kakachia777 conducted an eight-hour test comparing both systems across multiple tasks including complex reasoning, code generation, and scientific analysis. They found that while o1 Pro … Read more
Anthropic has introduced a new “styles” feature for its Claude AI assistant that lets users customize how the AI communicates. According to Michael Nuñez writing for VentureBeat, the feature allows users to preset formal, concise, or explanatory response modes and upload sample content to create custom communication patterns. The company emphasizes that user-submitted data won’t … Read more
Amazon has announced an additional $4 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Anthropic, bringing its total investment to $8 billion while maintaining a minority stake. The investment marks Amazon’s largest outside investment in its three-decade history. As part of the agreement, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will become Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner. Anthropic will … Read more
A new study by Singapore’s National University Show Lab evaluates Anthropic’s Computer Use mode, which enables the AI model Claude to interact with computers through standard user interfaces. According to VentureBeat’s Ben Dickson, the system shows promise in handling complex tasks involving web searches, workflow automation, and office productivity but frequently makes basic mistakes humans … Read more
AnyChat, a new development tool, enables seamless integration of multiple large language models (LLMs) through a single interface. Developer Ahsen Khaliq, machine learning growth lead at Gradio, created the platform to allow users to switch between models like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Meta’s LLaMA without being restricted to one provider, as reported by … Read more
Anthropic has launched new developer tools to automate and improve AI prompt engineering in its developer console. According to VentureBeat reporter Michael Nuñez, the suite includes a “Prompt Improver” that automatically refines instructions for the Claude AI model, applying best practices and chain-of-thought reasoning techniques. The company claims the tools increased accuracy by 30% in … Read more
Anthropic has released desktop apps for Mac and Windows for its AI chatbot Claude, bringing Claude’s capabilities to users’ preferred work environments, TechCrunch reports. The apps are available in public beta for both free and premium users. Anthropic also introduced a dictation tool allowing users to upload voice messages up to 10 minutes long for … Read more