Claude AI

Claude AI is a type of chatbot developed by Anthropic. It's designed to engage in natural language interactions and assist with various tasks including answering questions, writing, analysis, and coding.^[1]

"Anthropic [company] agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle" a lawsuit by writers, according to media (September 2025).^[2]

Claude AI uses large language models (LLMs) based on the transformer architecture. These are big computer programs that learn from a lot of text to understand and create human-like language.

As of March 2024, the available models were:^[3]

• Claude 3 Opus: Anthropic's most capable model, designed for complex tasks requiring deep analysis and expertise
• Claude 3 Sonnet: A balanced model optimized for both performance and efficiency
• Claude 3 Haiku: A faster model designed for shorter, straightforward interactions

Anthropic designed Claude AI with a focus on safety and ethics, using a method called Constitutional AI. This ensures the chatbot aligns with principles that prioritize helpfulness, harmlessness, and honesty.^[4]

Claude AI offers several key functionalities:

• Text Processing: Can engage in conversations, writing, and analysis^[5]
• Image Understanding: Ability to perceive and analyze images
• Constitutional AI: Incorporates ethical principles and safety measures in its design
• File Analysis: Can process and analyze various document formats including PDFs and text documents
• Multilingual Capabilities: Supports interaction in multiple languages, including less common ones

Claude AI has several notable technical features:^[6]

• Large Context Window: Capable of processing up to 200,000 tokens (approximately 150,000–200,000 words) at once
• No Real-time Internet Access: Relies on its training data rather than live web access
• Regular Updates: Receives periodic updates to its capabilities and knowledge base

Claude AI is accessible through:

• Web Interface: Available at claude.ai^[7]
• API: For developers to integrate Claude into applications^[8]
• Third-party Integrations: Available through various platform partnerships

Subscription options include:

• Free Access: Allows users limited prompts each day
• Claude Pro: Paid subscription, provides access to more prompts, early access to new features, and enhanced capabilities like file uploads for analysis
• Claude API (for developers): Pay-per-use pricing, scales based on usage

• ZDNet: 4 Things Claude AI Can Do That ChatGPT Can't
• Notta: Claude AI vs ChatGPT
• ClickUp: Claude vs ChatGPT