Anthropic Unveils Claude 2.1 Amid OpenAI Turmoil

The new AI model can analyze up to 200,000 tokens in a single request, halving the rate of hallucinations and integrating with existing processes and APIs.

Anthropic, a rival to OpenAI, has released Claude 2.1, an AI model that can analyze up to 200,000 tokens, roughly equivalent to 150,000 words or over 500 pages of material, in a single request.
Claude 2.1's new capabilities include providing summaries, answering specific questions about its content, comparing and contrasting multiple documents, and recognizing patterns in large documents.
The new model also halves the rate of hallucinations, or confidently inaccurate information, compared to its predecessor, Claude 2.0.
Claude 2.1 is also designed to integrate with users' existing processes, products, and APIs, allowing it to perform tasks such as using a calculator for complex equations, translating plain language to structured API calls, and using a web search API.
The release of Claude 2.1 comes amid ongoing turmoil at OpenAI, with many startups potentially looking at Anthropic as a viable alternative for building their key infrastructure.