- The CEO of Anthropic has promised several updates to Claude, including one that restores his memory.
- This means that the AI can remember things and talk about them in future conversations.
- It remains to be seen how this will work and is expected to happen in the coming months.
The Claude AI chatbot will receive major improvements in the coming months, including the ability to listen and respond by voice only. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explained his plans to the Wall Street Journal at the World Economic Forum in Davos., including voice mode and an upcoming memory function.
Essentially, Claude is about strengthening his personality, allowing him to respond and remember who you are. Two-way voice mode promises to allow users to speak to Claude and hear him respond, creating a more natural hands-free conversation. However, it is questionable whether this will make Claude a more accessible version of himself or allow him to imitate a human on the phone.
Regardless, Anthropic appears to be aiming for a hybrid between a traditional chatbot and voice assistants like Alexa or Siri, but likely with all the benefits of its more advanced AI.
Claude’s next memory feature will allow the chatbot to recall past interactions. For example, you could share your favorite book and Claude will remember it the next time you chat. You could even discuss your passion for knitting sweaters and Claude will pick up the thread during your next conversation. While this memory function could lead to more personalized exchanges, it also raises questions about what happens when Claude mixes these memories with an occasional hallucination.
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However, what Claude can do is not lacking in interest. Amodei mentioned that Anthropic has been overwhelmed by the increase in demand for AI over the past year. Amodei explained that the company’s computing capacity has been pushed to its limits in recent months.
Anthropic’s push for Claude upgrades is part of its effort to stay 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 could attract fans of ChatGPT and Gemini.
A voice-controlled, memory-enhanced AI chatbot like Claude can also serve as a leader, or at least a competitor, in the trend to make AI chatbots more human-like. The goal seems to be to blur the line between a tool and a companion. And if you want people to use Claude that much, a voice and a memory are going to be essential.
