Anthropic, an AI startup backed by Google and Amazon, has announced the launch of the Claude 3 model series. Included (in ascending order of features): Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, and Claude 3 Opus, users can choose the best balance between intelligence, speed, and cost for their specific application.
According to the announcement, the series sets a new industry benchmark in terms of a wide range of cognitive tasks. Opus and Sonnet are now available in ClaudeAI and the Claude API, which is now generally available in 159 countries and territories, with Haiku coming soon.
Among them, the Claude 3 Opus is Anthropic's smartest model to date. The company says that OPUS outperformed OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Gemini 1 in various benchmarks0 ultra。"OPUS showed us the limits of generative AI. ”
The Claude 3 Sonnet strikes the ideal balance between intelligence and speed, especially for enterprise workloads. It offers powerful performance at a lower cost than comparable products and is designed for high durability in large-scale AI deployments.
The Claude 3 Haiku is Anthropic's fastest and most compact model, with near-instant responsiveness. It answers simple queries and requests with unmatched speed. Users will be able to build seamless AI experiences that mimic human interaction.
Anthropic believes that current AI is far from reaching its limits. They plan to release frequent updates to the Claude 3 model family in the coming months, as well as a range of features to enhance existing features, especially for enterprise use cases and large-scale deployments. These new features will include tool use (a.k.a. function calls), interactive coding (a.k.a. repl), and more advanced features.