What it is: Claude is an AI chatbot made by Anthropic. It’s one of the three biggest AI chatbots, along with ChatGPT and Gemini.
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Claude is the AI chatbot made by a company called Anthropic. You can talk to Claude in plain English. It can write, read, think, and answer questions.
Anthropic started Claude in 2021. The company was founded by two people who used to work on ChatGPT at OpenAI. They left to build an AI that was safer and better at long writing tasks.
What makes Claude different
- It’s great at long writing. Books, reports, essays.
- It reads a lot at once. You can upload long PDFs and ask questions.
- It’s careful. Claude tries not to make things up or be unsafe.
- It’s polite. The tone feels thoughtful, not robotic.
How to use Claude
- Free chat: Go to claude.ai in your browser.
- Desktop app: Claude Desktop for Mac and Windows.
- For coders: Claude Code, a tool that lets Claude work with your files.
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