Anthropic releases Claude 3 AI as tech race continues
Anthropic, a startup backed by Google (GOOGL.O) and Amazon.com (AMZN.O), on Monday revealed a suite of artificial intelligence models known as Claude 3, the latest salvo in Silicon Valley's near incessant contest to market still-more powerful technology. According to the startup, the most capable in the family, Claude 3 Opus, outperforms rival models GPT-4 from OpenAI and Gemini 1.0 Ultra from Google on various benchmark exams. "This is the Rolls-Royce of models, at least at this point in time," CEO Dario Amodei said in an interview. Advances from Anthropic's com Pet itors have already been previewed or are expected, and Reuters was unable to verify the claims independently. The news, on the heels of myriad rival announcements and Anthropic's Claude 2 release in July, shows how companies are vying to top charts that rank AI performance, at the same time as Business customers are still grappling with how to put such Technology to use. Anthropic's Pres...