Anthropic has unveiled Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the first model in their new Claude 3.5 family. This AI assistant combines enhanced intelligence with improved speed and cost-effectiveness, making it a formidable player in the AI landscape.
Key features of Claude 3.5 Sonnet include:
- Enhanced Performance: The model is claimed to excel in graduate-level reasoning, undergraduate-level knowledge, and coding proficiency, setting new benchmarks in these areas.
- Speed and Efficiency: Operating at twice the speed of its predecessor, Claude 3 Opus, while maintaining cost-effective pricing. It is much faster, and much cheaper.
- Advanced Vision Capabilities: Improved visual reasoning skills, particularly in interpreting charts, graphs, and transcribing text from imperfect images.
- Coding Prowess: In internal evaluations, Claude 3.5 Sonnet solved 64% of complex coding problems, showcasing its ability to write, edit, and execute code with sophisticated reasoning. We will be reviewing its coding effectiveness soon.
- New Artifacts Feature: Introduces a more interactive workspace on Claude.ai, allowing users to view and edit AI-generated content in real-time.
Origin and Positioning
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the first release in the forthcoming Claude 3.5 model family. It's positioned as a high-performance model that maintains the speed and cost-effectiveness of Anthropic's mid-tier offerings. The model costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, with a 200K token context window. While it's unclear if this is a distilled version of a new Claude Opus or a completely new training, it represents a significant advancement in Anthropic's AI capabilities.
Can it Code?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet actually suggested a more modern and improved way of doing things, rather than the most commonly discussed (problematic) way of solving an issue. It rapidly produces code that would take an intern at least a week to produce. It's typescript accuracy was above average, but definitely not perfect. It failed to define interfaces for a react.js form, indicating that it still doesn't quite understand the difference between typescript and javascript.
It still suffers from some laziness with repetive tasks, instead including comments like /* Continue with other examples of the repetitive task */. This gets the job done quicker, as opposed to GPT-4o which seems to have been forced to write every line in every response, which gets tiresome extremely quickly.
Improved Accuracy and Transparency
A notable improvement in Claude 3.5 Sonnet is its reduced tendency for hallucinations compared to previous Claude models. The AI shows a greater willingness to acknowledge when it lacks accurate information, often providing clear statements about the limits of its knowledge rather than fabricating responses. This approach enhances its reliability and transparency, making it a more trustworthy assistant for users across various applications.
Anthropic emphasizes their commitment to safety and privacy, subjecting the model to rigorous testing and maintaining a strong stance on data protection. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is now available via various platforms, including Claude.ai, the Claude iOS app, and through cloud service providers.
As AI technology continues to advance rapidly, Claude 3.5 Sonnet represents a significant step forward in Anthropic's quest to deliver more intelligent, efficient, and versatile AI assistants. While specific limitations of the model are not fully detailed, Anthropic encourages user feedback to continually improve and refine the AI's capabilities.
From my early testing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet seems like an exceptional model. It doesn't gaslight you the same way previous versions of Claude will. As Anthropic is focused on AI Saftey, the model is sure to be censored and resistant to 'Jailbreaking', but for professional and business use, this new Claude lineup could be just the thing make you forget about OpenAI removing the 'Her voice' from ChatGPT-4o.