Subj : Claude AI is now on Android where it could dethrone ChatGPT as th To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Jul 17 2024 06:15:05 Claude AI is now on Android where it could dethrone ChatGPT as the most secure AI app Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:00:41 +0000 Description: Claude AI gives Android owners a more secure way to answer all your burning questions and solve those tough problems. FULL STORY ====================================================================== AI brand Anthropic is bringing its Claude app to Android two months after making its debut on iOS. Claude, in case youre not familiar with it or need a refresher, is a generative AI platform similar to ChatGPT . It answers questions given to it via prompts. These prompts can include paragraphs of text, files, images, or a combination of all three at once. As revealed in a recent announcement post , the Android app runs on Claude 3.5 Sonnet which the company states is their most powerful model yet. It possesses multilingual processing to provide real-time language translation and advanced reasoning. The latter allows the AI to help with complex tasks such as helping users analyze data for work. Plus, just like the iOS app, a conversation with Claude can continue off your smartphone and pick up on the browser version or an iPhone. All you need to do is make sure the account youre using is the same across devices. Warnings and limitations Claude is available for download off the Google Play Store . Upon opening the app for the first time, youll be asked to sign in or create an account if you dont have one already. Youll also receive a notice informing users that the AI isnt perfect. Anthropic warns people Claude may occasionally generate incorrect or misleading information. The AI is not meant to give advice on anything so dont rely on just the conversation without doing your own research. The Claude app is easy to use and sports a clean UI, free of distractions. Tapping the paperclip icon in the bottom left corner lets you add multimodal content to the chat. Past interactions appear on the starting page. (Image credit: Future) Be aware that the free app has a daily limit on the amount of messages you can receive. This limit can vary. According to Anthropic , it all depends on how much demand there is on a given day and theyll notify you once youve reached the cap. Of course, users can always purchase a Claude Pro subscription to increase the daily limit up to five times the amount people on the free plan get and gain extra features such as access to Anthropics other models. Emphasis on privacy Anthropic certainly has its work cut out for it if the company aims to take on rivals OpenAI and Google. It cannot be understated just how dominant ChatGPT is in the industry. TechCrunch points out that Claude on iOS saw a tepid reception during its launch receiving 157,000 total global downloads in its first week. ChatGPT saw 480,000 installs during its first five days. Claude does have advantages that set it apart. Its developer is more committed to ensuring user privacy. Anthropic states it does not collect peoples inputs or outputs to utilize in training their AI unless theyre given explicit consent to do so. Whats more, the AI has been shown to be quite good at solving complex reasoning problems and writing nuanced answers So if you want a chatbot on Android with an emphasis on informative responses and privacy, then Claude AI comes highly recommended. For those wanting other alternatives, check out TechRadars round-up of the top seven chatbots you can try for free . You might also like You and your friends can now share and remix your favorite conversations with the Claude AI chatbot Survey says most believe generative AI is conscious, which may prove it's good at making us hallucinate, too Anthropic wants its AI assistant Claude to be your favorite coworker ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/claude-ai-is-now-o n-android-where-it-could-dethrone-chatgpt-as-the-most-secure-ai-app --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .