Claude

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its AI model, Claude, qualifies as fair use. This decision addresses the lawsuit filed by authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson, who alleged that Anthropic infringed their copyrights by using pirated versions of their books for AI training. Continue Reading →

Yesterday at Anthropic’s first “Code with Claude” conference in San Francisco, the company introduced Claude Opus 4 and its companion, Claude Sonnet 4. The headline is clear: Opus 4 can pursue a complex coding task for about seven consecutive hours without losing context. That leap takes us from last year’s five-minute attention span to what feels like a full work shift at silicon speed. Continue Reading →

Most heavy LLM users will tell you that ChatGPT is the GOAT, but they prefer Claude for writing. Why wasn't Claude the GOAT? For people who use off-the-shelf chat interfaces, convenience always wins. ChatGPT had web access; Claude didn't. New day, new tech. Anthropic has finally given Claude what it's been missing: the ability to search the web. This may seem like a minor feature update, but it's not—it's huge. Continue Reading →

Anthropic announced Claude 3.7 Sonnet, its latest AI model they say is designed for practical use in business and development. The company describes it as a hybrid system, blending fast responses with detailed reasoning, adjustable for tasks like quick answers or complex problem-solving. Anthropic claims this makes it versatile, avoiding the need for separate models. They say it is particularly strong in coding, with a high success rate on real-world software tasks. Continue Reading →

Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude family of LLMs, has launched a public test of its new Constitutional Classifier, a system designed to block jailbreaks that circumvent content restrictions. The test follows an extensive internal bug bounty program, where 183 security researchers spent more than 3,000 hours attempting to bypass the system—with limited success. Continue Reading →

Anthropic has unveiled "Team," an enterprise version of its AI chatbot Claude. It's designed to cater to businesses across various sectors such as technology, financial services, and health care. The offering (market priced at $30/per month) includes all of Anthropic's advanced Claude models, admin tools, and the ability to process extensive documents. Continue Reading →

Anthropic prompt engineer Alex Albert got everyone's pixels in a pickle when he tweeted that Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic's newest hopeful ChatGPT killer) demonstrated a type of "metacognition" (or self-awareness) during a "needle-in-the-haystack" evaluation. Continue Reading →

Anthropic claims that Claude 3, the company's most recent AI release, has achieved "near-human" capabilities in various cognitive tasks. It's a bold claim. Let's put it in perspective. Continue Reading →

Universal Music's recent lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic underscores a pressing issue at the intersection of AI and copyright law. The suit alleges that Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude reproduces copyrighted song lyrics almost verbatim, infringing on the rights of music publishers like Concord and Universal. Continue Reading →

Anthropic's LLM, Claude, just got a substantial upgrade: its context window has been expanded from 9K tokens to an impressive 100K tokens, equating to around 75,000 words. This expansion is significant, allowing businesses to submit hundreds of pages for Claude's analysis, which enables more extended and in-depth dialogues. Continue Reading →