Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, including Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei. The company focuses on developing AI systems that are safe, aligned with human values, and reliable. Its primary mission is to tackle challenges related to AI alignment, ensuring that models operate for the benefit of humans and by clear intentions.
Claude is the name of Anthropic's series of AI assistants, named after Claude Shannon, the mathematician and father of information theory. The Claude models are competitors to systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. Claude stands out for its emphasis on alignment and safety, providing responses designed to be helpful while adhering to ethical and moral principles.