When it comes to the space of generative AI and foundational models, OpenAI seems to have hit escape velocity with the recent release of technologies such as ChatGPT. Given the computational requirements of these systems, it seems logical that the core competition of OpenAI will come from incumbent AI labs such as Google-DeepMind and Meta AI. However, in the last few months, a startup created by ex-OpenAI researchers has been taking consistent steps toward releasing a ChatGPT competitor. Anthropic has raised over $1 billion at an astonishing $5 billion pre-product valuation.

Anthropic’s first product will be Claude, a chatbot that exhibits similar conversational capabilities to ChatGPT. Some of the principles behind the architecture of Claude were detailed in a research paper published late last year✎ EditSign and that started making a lot of noise in the AI community. Anthropic follows an interesting approach to reduce harm but also maintain expressiveness...