Claude AI is an artificial intelligence assistant created by Anthropic, a San Francisco-based AI safety startup. Since its limited release in April 2022, interest in testing out this new AI tool has been growing rapidly. Claude aims to be helpful, harmless, and honest through a technique called Constitutional AI. This article will discuss where prospective users can currently try out Claude AI online, limitations, pricing, and what we may expect in the future regarding access and capabilities.
Official Website
The main way to interact with Claude at the moment is through Anthropic’s official website at www.anthropic.com. On the homepage, you will see a chatbox where you can start conversing with Claude. The conversations have a time limit of 15 minutes in order to allow access to more users.
When you reach the 15-minute cutoff, the chat will end, but you have the option to return to the homepage chatbox and start over. Some key things to note about the homepage chatbot:
- Completely free to use
- No login or account required
- Time-limited to 15 minutes
- Allows you to get a good feel for Claude’s capabilities
If you want extended conversations beyond 15 minutes, Anthropic offers paid plans for individuals and businesses which will be discussed more in the Pricing section. The homepage chatbot is great for quick tests, but will leave you wanting more.
Waitlist for Paid Access
For those interested in gaining paid access to Claude, Anthropic has a waitlist that users can join. Paid plans offer features like:
- Unlimited chat time with Claude
- Ability to create multiple chat sessions
- Priority access as new capabilities roll out
The waitlist gives you the option to sign up for updates on individual paid plans or enterprise plans for businesses. However, it may still take some time to gain access. Spots are being released on a rolling basis as Anthropic focuses on improving Claude’s skills and safety.
Pricing
Anthropic has not released detailed public pricing for any of its long-term paid Claude plans yet. For individuals that gain access, pricing will likely be on a monthly subscription model. Enterprise business plans will have custom pricing tiers based on factors like number of users and use cases.
Based on early access plans, individual pricing may start around $30-50 per month. But further tiered pricing models could offer different capabilities or chat lengths. We will have to wait for Anthropic to provide more details as paid plans continue to roll out.
What to Expect Going Forward
Claude’s AI assistant capabilities are still in early stages, but rapid advancement is expected with Anthropic’s constitutional AI approach prioritizing safety. Here is what we may see in the coming months regarding access and improvements:
Wider Paid Access Release
Anthropic will steadily expand paid Claude individual and business plan access as they scale up technical infrastructure and measure model performance. Likely managed in waves, similar to how they are currently managing waitlists.
New Skills and Functions
The Claude team will expand the assistant’s knowledge and capabilities over time – prioritizing areas like reasoning, judgment, summarization, and creativity while ensuring safety.
Accessibility Features
Additional accessibility features will make Claude usable by more people. Possibilities include support for screen readers and spoken conversations.
Integrations
API integrations may allow Claude to connect with external applications to assist software workflows. Integrations improve capabilities.
Beyond these likely expansions, we will have to wait and see how else Anthropic chooses to develop and release access to Claude over time based on their constitutional AI approach.
Conclusion
Access to Claude AI is still limited, but expected to incrementally expand. For now, you can test it out in a free 15-minute conversation on Anthropic’s homepage. Paid access plans are continuing to roll out slowly on an invite-only basis for both individuals and enterprise customers.
As Claude’s skills advance, we can expect wider access, new capabilities, integrations, and accessibility features that allow more people to benefit from this new AI assistant focused on being helpful, harmless, and honest.
