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Anthropic, the American startup company that produces the Claude family of generative artificial intelligence programs, on Wednesday said users can now make full-fledged applications using the "artifacts" function in Claude, and choose from a curated list of pre-built apps others have made.
Artifacts, which were introduced in June of last year, and made generally available in August, allow for objects you make at the prompt — a picture, a diagram — to be displayed in their own separate area alongside the prompt window.
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The artifacts are held in memory past the current chat session, preserving the output as a free-standing object of sorts.
With Wednesday's announcement, the artifacts are displayed in their own separate dashboard screen, where you can keep what you've made, share them with others, and also browse a curated set of pre-built artifacts.
The original inspiration for artifacts was for simple coding, such as a website. But artifacts can now have more robust application qualities.
"Now anyone can create even more powerful apps through simple conversation — no coding required," the company said.
The company gave several examples in a press release. "Early users are creating apps that think for themselves: games with NPCs that remember choices and adapt storylines, smart tutors that adjust explanations based on understanding, and data analyzers that answer plain-English questions about uploaded spreadsheets."
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