Anthropic releases improved Claude models that can control your computer [Video]

Leading artificial intelligence firm Anthropic PBC today introduced new Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Haiku generative AI models with significantly upgraded capabilities over their predecessors.

The upgraded Sonnet arrived within four months after the initial launch of the initial model in June and received substantial gains in computer coding, which it was already designed to excel at. Haiku is Anthropic’s fastest model, and the company said the enhanced version has improvements in every skill and now surpasses Claude 3 Opus, the largest model in the previous generation.

In addition to the models, Anthropic also introduced a new way for models to interact with computers in public beta mode: computer use. By viewing the screen Claude Sonnet can interact with computers by moving the mouse, typing text and clicking buttons to interact with the user interface.

Anthropic touted Sonnet’s software engineering skills as part of what has becomean arms race between rival frontier model developers to …