- “Anthropic, a competitor to OpenAI, announced a major new product today that attempts to prove the thesis that tool use is needed for AI’s next leap in usefulness. The startup is allowing developers to direct its chatbot Claude to access outside services and software in order to perform more useful tasks. Claude can, for instance, use a calculator to solve the kinds of math problems that vex large language models; be required to access a database containing customer information; or be compelled to make use of other programs on a user’s computer when it would help.
- Adept AI, a company cofounded by David Luan, formerly VP of engineering at OpenAI, has been honing AI agents for office work for more than a year. Adept is cagey about who it works with and what its agents do, but the strategy is clear.”
https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-entering-the-stone-age/