Anthropic plans to release a “two-way” audio mode for Claude

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company plans to release a “two-way” voice mode for its chatbot, Cloud, as well as a memory feature that will allow Cloud to remember more about users and previous conversations.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Amodei also revealed that Anthropic expects to release “smarter” AI models in the coming months, and that the company was “overwhelmed” by a “rise in demand” last year.

“The increase in demand that we have seen over the past year, and especially in the past three months, has overwhelmed our ability to provide the required computing,” Amodei said.

Anthropic is racing to keep up with its main AI competitor, OpenAI, in a very capital-intensive sector. Despite raising $13.7 billion in capital to date, Anthropic reports Billions of dollars lost last year. Anthropic is He said In talks to raise nearly $2 billion more at a $60 billion valuation.