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Anthropic’s new Claude model can think both fast and slow

Another week, and there&#39;s another new AI model ready for public use. This time, it&#39;s Anthropic with the introduction of Claude 3.7 Sonnet. The company describes its latest release as the market&#39;s first "hybrid reasoning model," meaning the new version of Claude can both answer a question nearly instantaneously or take its time to work through it step by step. As the user you can decide what approach Claude takes, with a dropdown menu allowing you to select the "thinking mode" you want it to take.<br /> <br /> "We&#39;ve developed Claude 3.7 Sonnet with a different philosophy from other reasoning models on the market. Just as humans use a single brain for both quick responses and deep reflection, we believe reasoning should be an integrated capability of frontier models rather than a separate model entirely," writes Anthropic. "This unified approach also creates a more seamless experience for users."<br /> Anthropic doesn&#39;t name OpenAI explicitly, but the company is clearly taking a shot at its rival. Between GPT-4, o1, o1-mini and now o3-mini, OpenAI offers many different models, but unless you follow the company closely, the number of systems on offer can be overwhelming; in fact, Sam Altman recently admitted as much. "We hate the model picker as much as you do and want to return to magic unified intelligence," he posted on X earlier this month.<br /> Anthropic says it also took a different approach to developing Claude&#39;s reasoning capabilities. "We&#39;ve optimized somewhat less for math and computer science competition problems, and instead shifted focus towards real-world tasks that better reflect how businesses actually use LLMs," the company writes. To that point, current Claude users can look forward to "particularly strong improvements in coding and front-end web development."<br /> <br /> Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available to use starting today across all Claude plans, including Anthropic&#39;s free tier. Developers, meanwhile, can access the new model through the company&#39;s API, Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud&#39;s Vertex AI. <br /> Speaking of developers, Anthropic is also introducing Claude Code, a new "agentic" tool that allows you to delegate coding tasks to Claude directly from a terminal interface. Available currently as a limited research preview, Anthropic says Claude Code can read code, edit files, write and run tests, and even push commits to GitHub.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropics-new-claude-model-can-think-both-fast-and-slow-203307140.html?src=rss