Anthropic Launches Claude, an AI Assistant Built to Be Helpful, Harmless, and Honest
Anthropic Launches Claude, an AI Assistant Built to Be Helpful, Harmless, and Honest
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — March 20, 2025 — Anthropic today announced that Claude, its next-generation AI assistant, is now available to everyone. Designed from the ground up with a focus on safety and reliability, Claude can assist with writing, analysis, coding, research, and a wide range of other tasks while adhering to core principles of being helpful, harmless, and honest.
Claude represents a significant step forward in making advanced AI both capable and trustworthy. Unlike conventional chatbots, Claude has been trained using Anthropic’s Constitutional AI methodology, which aligns the model’s behavior with a clear set of human-centric values. This approach reduces the likelihood of harmful or biased outputs and makes the assistant more transparent about its limitations.
The assistant excels at complex, multi-step tasks. Users can ask Claude to draft and revise documents, summarize lengthy reports, generate and debug code across multiple programming languages, or conduct in-depth research on nuanced topics. Its conversational memory allows for extended, context-rich interactions, making it a powerful tool for professionals, students, and creatives alike.
“We built Claude to be a partner people can rely on—an assistant that not only performs tasks but does so with a deep commitment to safety and ethical considerations,” said Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic. “By making Claude available to everyone, we’re inviting people to experience a different kind of AI, one that prioritizes long-term trust over short-term engagement.”
Claude is accessible via a web interface at claude.ai and through an API for developers who want to integrate its capabilities into their own applications. The launch follows extensive safety testing and feedback from early enterprise partners, who have used Claude for everything from knowledge management to creative brainstorming.
About Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, the company is dedicated to building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Its work focuses on developing large-scale models that are aligned with human values, using techniques such as Constitutional AI to ensure helpful, harmless, and honest behavior. Anthropic’s products include the Claude family of AI assistants, which are designed to augment human capabilities while minimizing potential risks.
Contact
For more information, visit claude.ai.