Anthropic's Claude iOS app vs ChatGPT
Anthropic's Claude chatbot — the public face of the hot startup that's taking on OpenAI — acts like ChatGPT's more decorous and careful cousin. Anthropic prides itself on stronger ethical guardrails in its models, but well-behaved chatbots seldom make history.
The Latest Update
Anthropic is releasing a new version of its mid-range AI model today. It says the new Claude Sonnet 3.5 operates twice as fast as the high-end version of its current generation.
Functionality
If you've used ChatGPT, Google Gemini or Copilot, the Claude app will be familiar. Start by typing a prompt and then continue having a chat conversation to get what you need. I asked for a pescatarian meal plan for a week, a packing list for a two-night business trip to NYC in June, and help organizing for an upcoming move to a new home. When I asked Claude to help me practice Italian, it responded with several paragraphs of text written in Italian that I did not understand. Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini all allow you to upload photos of handwritten notes and use optical character recognition to convert them to text.
Unique Features
Who better to tell me how Claude excels than Claude itself? Anthropic says Claude is 10 times more resistant to jailbreaks and misuse than other chatbots. That means sometimes it feels too safe. That extra caution may irk users, but it's part of Anthropic's pitch to businesses — which may favor an AI that protects them from liability and scandal.
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Background Information
Anthropic's co-founders left OpenAI in 2021, disenchanted by OpenAI's increasingly aggressive approach under Sam Altman and determined to keep their focus on AI safety research. Claude launched on the web in March 2023, and the free iOS app has been available to download for around a month.
Conclusion
Claude is a friendly and helpful assistant, but its "guilty till proven innocent" approach could turn some users off.
Go deeper: Anthropic says its AI models are as persuasive as humans
