Anthropic, a startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, has launched its latest AI chatbot to the public. Users in the U.S. and U.K. can now try out the beta version of Claude 2 at claude.ai. Anthropic is also opening up the Claude 2 API to developers and businesses at the same cost as its predecessor, Claude 1.3. - Claude 2 offers improved capabilities, including more "harmless responses," better performance on tasks like multiple-choice exams, and the ability to summarize up to 75,000 words.
- It scored 76.5% on the Bar exam's multiple choice section, up from the prior version's 73%.
- Anthropic's AI models have also undergone testing by companies like Slack, Notion, and Quora.
- The generative AI company has amassed a waitlist of over 350,000 individuals seeking access to Claude's API and consumer products.
Anthropic has raised $750M in funding since March when it had a pre-investment valuation of $4.1B. - Crunchbase estimates that the startup, backed by Google, Zoom Ventures, and others, has raised outside investments totaling $1.45B, making it the third best-funded generative AI startup.
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