AI startup Anthropic has released Claude 3, the latest iteration of its large language model, which it claims is more powerful than OpenAI's GPT-4.
How to use Claude Pro for beginners
Claude 3 was announced on Monday and comes in three different sizes: Opus, Sonnet and Haiku [poorly formatted PDF]. Opus is the most powerful of the three and is available to developers and users via the Anthropics API and Claude Pro subscription. Sonnet can be accessed by developers through an API and currently powers Anthropic's free web chat bot. The smallest model, Haiku, is not yet available.
In academic benchmark tests — which assess LLMs' ability to retain general knowledge, solve math problems, generate code and demonstrate reasoning skills — Opus scored higher than OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Gemini Ultra, Anthropic reports. The developer went so far as to boast that Opus "exhibits near-human levels of comprehension and fluency on complex tasks, leading the frontier of general intelligence."
Meanwhile, Sonnet and Haiku are more powerful than OpenAI's previous GPT-3.5 model, but less capable than Google's Gemini Ultra and Pro models.
