Claude 2 is free and superior to OpenAI’s ChatGPT: Here are 5 reasons why we think so – The Indian Express
It is the age of Artificial Intelligence, and if you haven’t used an AI-powered chatbot then in all likelihood you are living under a rock. AI chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Anthropic’s Claude have been redefining work and productivity in numerous ways. They are not only enhancing the efficiency of professionals at the work front but are proving to be handy for a variety of use cases.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT was launched in November 2022. The chatbot’s popularity soared owing to its ability to offer human-like responses and assistance with numerous kinds of tasks. Following ChatGPT’s wild success, the world saw the launch of Google’s Bard and Anthropic’s Claude. While Anthropic launched Claude in March, it introduced its more potent and upgraded version in Claude 2 in July. Now, Anthropic has introduced some interesting features to Claude 2 making it leap ahead of ChatGPT. At present, the Internet is abuzz with comparisons between the two with many calling Claude 2 better than ChatGPT.
Here we attempt to list a set of features of Claude 2 that could possibly dethrone the dominance of ChatGPT.
The recently updated Claude comes with 1,00,000 tokens or around 75,000 words. This is efficiency at an insane level as you could use an entire novel as a prompt, as mentioned in our earlier comparison article. In contrast, ChatGPT has 8,192 tokens which is around 4,000 words. This vast difference in context size makes ChatGPT appear rather puny when compared to Claude 2. ChatGPT lags in this regard, if someone wants to process an entire document then Anthropic’s chatbot is better equipped.
According to many users, Claude 2 is much faster and more efficient when it comes to generating ideas, helping with writing, editing and copywriting, and summarisation. Claude 2 can write poems, entire speeches, and summarise from documents. Since it is trained on massive data sets scrapped from all over the internet, it enables users to engage in a fluid conversation. While this is a subjective matter, some users may find it easier to use ChatGPT. Regardless, with each of its updates, Claude 2 is gaining more clout over its context handling.
Claude 2’s training data includes updates and information from 2022 and early 2023. Meanwhile, ChatGPT is only trained on data available till 2021. This shows that ChatGPT lacks the latest knowledge and is limited when it comes to offering users up-to-date information.
However, users with access to ChatGPT Plus may still gain the latest information but that is only accessible with a subscription fee of $20 or Rs 1999 per month. We used the prompt – “Who is the President of the United States?” GPT-3.5-powered ChatGPT stated that it was unable to provide information after its training cut-off date, while Claude 2 instantly responded with the name of the president and key facts about him in a listicle format.
Perhaps the biggest advantage of Claude 2 over ChatGPT is its ability to read multiple files at once. Upload two or three documents at once and ask Claude 2 to compare and contrast the information, the chatbot will deliver a response in no time. This is possible with ChatGPT Plus using the Code Interpreter plugin. While some users have reported that this feature is not as effective as ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter Plugin, it does all that one needs including tasks like generating summaries. If you are not someone who is expected to pore over thousands of files for a living, then save the subscription for ChatGPT Plus as Claude 2 does the job with ease.
While this is entirely subjective, in our experience, Claude 2 was faster in processing responses. Now, one could argue that ChatGPT offers a similar processing speed. Upon the launch of Claude 2, Anthropic claimed that the reiterated version offered faster performance with an average response time of around 5 seconds.
Claude 2 does have some limitations such as no access to the internet and weak performance when it comes to complex mathematical problems. As of now, it is only available in the UK and the US, but users in India can get on the waitlist or they can use the chatbot via VPN. When it comes to privacy, Claude 2 lets users delete their conversations. It does not have access to the internet and may offer incorrect information if prompted with real-world data.
Bijin JoseBijin Jose is an Assistant Editor with Indian Express Online, New Delh… read more
