Anthropic, a company founded by former OpenAI employees, has released its competitor to ChatGPT called Claude. In addition to the launch of Claude, Anthropic has also introduced a Teams plan, which is a paid subscription that offers enhanced safety and privacy features along with collaborative capabilities.
While OpenAI’s language models have dominated the generative AI landscape, Anthropic’s Claude models should not be underestimated. The founders of Anthropic, Dario and Daniela Amodei, left OpenAI due to differences in the group’s direction and established Anthropic as a reliable and safe alternative. Anthropic operates as a public benefit corporation, aiming to balance profit and purpose. Notably, the company has received investment from Google.
To compare Claude with ChatGPT, Anthropic conducted a thorough analysis. The results showed that the lightweight Claude Haiku, medium Claude Sonnet, and powerful Claude Opus performed similarly to GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 on common benchmarks. Additionally, Claude Sonnet, which is available for free, outperformed GPT-3.5 in all benchmarks. By subscribing to the Claude Pro plan for $20, users can access the most powerful model, Claude Opus. The iOS app for Claude offers syncing across mobile and desktop platforms and includes vision capabilities for image understanding and analysis. However, it falls behind ChatGPT in terms of image generation. ChatGPT Plus subscribers have the advantage of accessing DALL-E 3 on both mobile and desktop, a feature not yet available with Claude.
For iOS users interested in trying out Claude, they can download the app directly from the App Store using the link provided by Anthropic. It’s important to note that there are numerous copycat apps on the store, so users should ensure they download the authentic version developed by Anthropic PBC.
Overall, Anthropic’s Claude models demonstrate their potential to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The company’s focus on safety and privacy, along with its diverse subscription plans, offers users more options and flexibility in utilizing AI language models. As the field of generative AI continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see how both ChatGPT and Claude develop and improve their offerings.
