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Anthropic, the generative AI startup, has officially entered the internet search arena with the launch of its new web search API for Claude. This positions Claude as a direct challenger to traditional search engines like Google, offering users real-time access to information through its large language models. This API enables developers to integrate Claude’s search capabilities directly into their own applications, expanding the reach of AI-powered information retrieval.
The Claude web search API provides access to current web information, allowing the AI assistant to conduct multiple, iterative searches to deliver more complete and accurate answers. Claude uses its "reasoning" capabilities to determine if a user’s query would benefit from a real-time search, generating search queries and analyzing the results to inform its responses. The responses it delivers will come with citations that link to the source articles it uses, offering users transparency and enabling them to verify the information for themselves.
This move comes amid signs of a potential shift in the search landscape, with growing user engagement with AI-driven alternatives. Apple is reportedly exploring AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Anthropic's Claude, as options in Safari, signaling a shift away from Google’s $20 billion deal to be the default search engine. The decline in traditional search volume is attributed to the conversational and context-aware nature of AI platforms. The move signals a growing trend towards conversational AI in information retrieval, which may reshape how people access and use the internet.
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The Claude web search API provides access to current web information, allowing the AI assistant to conduct multiple, iterative searches to deliver more complete and accurate answers. Claude uses its "reasoning" capabilities to determine if a user’s query would benefit from a real-time search, generating search queries and analyzing the results to inform its responses. The responses it delivers will come with citations that link to the source articles it uses, offering users transparency and enabling them to verify the information for themselves.
This move comes amid signs of a potential shift in the search landscape, with growing user engagement with AI-driven alternatives. Apple is reportedly exploring AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Anthropic's Claude, as options in Safari, signaling a shift away from Google’s $20 billion deal to be the default search engine. The decline in traditional search volume is attributed to the conversational and context-aware nature of AI platforms. The move signals a growing trend towards conversational AI in information retrieval, which may reshape how people access and use the internet.
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- SiliconANGLE: The generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC is joining rivals such as OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc. in an effort to overhaul the internet search industry.
- siliconangle.com: The generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC is joining rivals such as OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc. in an effort to overhaul the internet search industry. Today it announced the launch of a new application programming interface that enables its flagship Claude large language models to search the internet for up-to-date information in real time.
- venturebeat.com: Anthropic launches Claude web search API, betting on the future of post-Google information access
- the-decoder.com: Anthropic launches a web search feature for its Claude API, letting developers combine Claude models with up-to-date web data without building their own search infrastructure.
- Simon Willison's Weblog: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API
- THE DECODER: Anthropic adds web search to Claude API for real-time data and research
Classification:
- HashTags: #AI #WebSearch #Anthropic
- Company: Anthropic
- Target: Google
- Product: Claude
- Feature: Web Search API
- Type: AI
- Severity: Medium