Anthropic's Claude Chatbot Gets an Upgrade with Image Analysis, Challenging Google and OpenAI

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is developing a new feature for its chatbot, Claude, enabling it to analyze images. 

This enhancement aims to expand the chatbot’s capabilities, potentially increasing its appeal to users and allowing Anthropic to compete with major AI chatbots like Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL Google’s Bard and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which already possess image analysis abilities. 

These abilities enable chatbots to perform tasks such as identifying dog breeds in photos, comparing images, or describing artworks, Bloomberg reports.

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A Bloomberg review of Anthropic’s website code uncovered unpublished text, revealing the addition of image recognition to the Claude chatbot. 

The text suggests interactive prompts for users to engage with Claude using image analysis, such as asking about architectural styles, creating ad copy for a product, or interpreting economic data from charts.

Claude operates solely with text commands, handling tasks like summarizing documents or assisting with language practice.

Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic focuses on responsible AI and safety. 

The San Francisco-based startup launched Claude in 2023, attracting a diverse customer base, including Pfizer Inc PFE and Zoom Video Communications Inc ZM. Recently, Anthropic reportedly discussed raising $750 million in funding, valuing the company at $18.4 billion.

In 2023, Google committed $2 billion to Anthropic, and Amazon.Com Inc AMZN committed up to $4 billion to the AI startup.

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