Anthropic, an AI company founded by former OpenAI researchers, has unveiled its updated chatbot Claude 2, which aims to take on rivals ChatGPT and Google Bard. The new model boasts impressive features such as a higher token limit, improved coding skills, and a public beta website.
The creators ambitiously describe Claude as a “friendly, enthusiastic colleague or personal assistant who can be instructed in natural language to help you with many tasks.” They may be right. Claude 2 can handle 100,000 tokens per prompt, meaning it can engage with content as long as a 75,000 word book, which far exceeds the 9,000 token limit of Claude 1.0 and the 8,192 token limits of Bard and ChatGPT4.
The extensive capabilities of Claude 2 are reflected in the test results. The chatbot scored 76.5 percent on the multiple choice portion of the Bar exam and ranked 90th percentile in the GRE reading and writing exams. The chatbot’s coding skills are also advanced, with a score of 71.2 percent on a Python coding test.
But Claude 2 isn’t just about smart engagement and complex tasks; it also emphasizes safety. Anthropic has strived to make Claude more harmless and more resistant to generating offensive or potentially dangerous results. This update comes just five months after the debut of Claude 1.0.
The developers designed Claude with a unique “constitution” inspired by the UN Declaration of Human Rights and DeepMind’s Sparrow Principles. This set of rules allows the chatbot to improve itself, identify inappropriate behavior and adjust its behavior without human feedback.
Beyond its immediate functional use, Claude 2 has wider implications in the field of digital art and creation. For example, using AI like ChatGPT in projects like the Turbo meme coin and building knowledge for Forgotten Runes demonstrates the creative potential of AI. The arrival of Claude 2 marks another step in this journey of AI artwork based on text, image and video, benefiting the entire ecosystem.
Editor’s Note: This article was written by an nft now contributor in collaboration with OpenAI’s GPT-4.