With AI chatbots gaining ground as search tools, their ability to scour the internet will become a key factor in determining their success. Finally, Anthropic’s Claude has joined its competitors.
On Thursday, the company announced that its chatbot can now search the web. This makes Claude one of the last AI chatbots to add a web search capability, after OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search and Perplexity. Even Google is experimenting with a fully AI-first approach to the future.
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As with all major chatbots, Claude’s search responses include inline citations so you can double-check sources — and, based on recent research, these tools really need a reality check.
“Instead of finding search results yourself, Claude processes and delivers relevant sources in a conversational format,” Anthropic said in its announcement. “This enhancement expands Claude’s extensive knowledge base with real-time insights, providing answers based on more current information.”
The update builds on Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic’s latest release and most intelligent model, which has a knowledge cutoff of November 2024. While Google (and its traditional interface) still leads in terms of web search market share, AI chatbot search has been steadily growing.
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Anthropic noted that web search is available today in preview for paid Claude users within the US, with access for free users and other countries “coming soon.” To try it, go to your settings, switch the web search toggle to “on,” and start chatting with Claude 3.7 Sonnet. It will access the web when needed based on your query.
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Source : https://www.zdnet.com/article/anthropic-adds-web-search-to-its-claude-chatbot-heres-how-to-try-it/
