Anthropic just gave Claude a superpower: real-time web search. Here’s why it changes everything
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Summary
Anthropic has rolled out a new feature that enables its AI chatbot Claude to search the web in real-time, in a move that provides it with an edge over OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Anthropic’s new feature delivers search results in a conversational format and offers direct citations for users to fact-check, addressing concerns around AI-induced hallucination and misinformation.
Integrating real-time searches with Claude’s existing strengths in nuanced reasoning and longer context could create AI assistants that can actively help solve complex problems with current information.
The new feature is immediately available to paying US-based Claude users and will be rolled out to free users and in other countries “soon”, according to the company.
Anthropic has made a strong show of focusing on responsible AI development, with CEO Dario Amodei recently predicting that “in three to six months, AI will be writing 90% of the code” that software developers produce. The company continues to emphasise its commitment to safety and transparency in AI development.
This_) focuses on responsible AI development at a time when AI companies are increasingly being called in front of regulatory bodies to answer questions on accountability, privacy, and ethical risks.