Anthropic’s Claude catches up with ChatGPT and Gemini with upgraded memory features

Anthropic is rolling out an update for Claude that will allow the AI-powered chatbot to “remember” past conversations without prompting. Upgrading to all paid subscribers will make Cloud even more useful and convenient.

Max subscribers will be able to turn on Cloud “memory” in their settings starting today, Anthropic said. The advantage that was Available for Team and Enterprise users since Septemberallows Claude to remember details from previous chats. Pro subscribers will see the memory feature “rolling out in the coming days,” Anthropic said. The company did not mention whether it plans to make the feature available to users for free in the future.

Anthropic says the goal is “complete transparency.” She added that users will be able to clearly see what Claude remembers instead of “vague summaries.” Certain memories can also be turned on and off or edited using natural conversation. For example, you can ask Claude to focus on specific memories or to “completely forget an old job.” Users can also create “distinct memory spaces” that will separate different memories. If successful, this could be useful in stopping memories from bleeding from different conversations or projects into other conversations, useful for separating different work projects or using the bot for personal and professional reasons.

The upcoming memory functionality brings Cloud closer to competing chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini. Everyone is competing fiercely for users, and memory functions are a way to encourage users to keep going instead of starting over with another bot. Claude has lagged behind its competitors in memory – OpenAI and Google Both rolled out memory features for their chatbots last year — and only gained the ability to remember past conversations in August this year. Even then, you had to ask Claude to remember explicitly.

Anthropic hopes to reduce the friction of starting over by allowing users to import memories from ChatGPT or Gemini. It will have to be copied and pasted. Memories can also be exported “anytime” from Cloud. “There is no lock.”

However, Chatbot memory has proven contentious. While it has been welcomed as a useful feature, Some experts warn Recalling can help maintain or amplify delusional thinking and other mental health concerns colloquially called “Artificial intelligence psychosis“, especially considering Flattery tendencies From some models.