- The CEO of Anthropic has promised several updates to Claude, including one that reminds him.
- This means that AI can remember things and bring them up in future conversations.
- It remains to be seen how it works and it is scheduled to arrive in the coming months.
The Claude AI chatbot will receive major updates in the coming months, including the ability to listen and respond with voice only. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explained the plans to the Wall Street Journal at the World Economic Forum in Davos., including voice mode and a next memory function.
Essentially, Claude is about to receive a personality boost, allowing him to respond and remember who you are. The two-way voice mode promises to allow users to talk to Claude and hear him respond, creating a more natural, hands-free conversation. However, it is questionable whether this turns Claude into a more approachable version of himself or whether it will allow him to imitate a human on the phone.
Either way, Anthropic seems to be aiming for a hybrid between a traditional chatbot and voice assistants like Alexa or Siri, although presumably with all the benefits of its more advanced AI.
Claude’s upcoming memory feature will allow the chatbot to remember past interactions. For example, you can share your favorite book and Claude will remember it the next time you chat. You could even talk about your passion for knitting sweaters and Claude will pick up the thread in your next conversation. While this function of memory could lead to more personalized exchanges, it also raises questions about what happens when Claude mixes those memories with an occasional hallucination.
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Still, there is no lack of interest in what Claude can do. Amodei mentioned that Anthropic has been overwhelmed by the surge in demand for AI over the past year. Amodei explained that the company’s computing capacity has been pushed to the limit in recent months.
Anthropic’s push for Claude updates is part of its effort to remain competitive in a market dominated by OpenAI and tech giants like Google. With OpenAI and Google integrating ChatGPT and Gemini into everything they can think of, Anthropic needs to find a way to stand out. By adding voice and memory to Claude’s repertoire, Anthropic hopes to stand out as an alternative that can appeal to ChatGPT and Gemini fans.
An AI chatbot with enhanced voice and memory capabilities like Claude can also serve as a leader, or at least a competitor, within the trend of making AI chatbots seem more human. The goal seems to be to blur the line between a tool and a companion. And if you want people to use Claude to that extent, a voice and a memory will be essential.
