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Anthropic adds memory, ChatGPT import tools to Claude

Anthropic said the memory feature was offered to Claude users beginning March 2.

It also added a copy-and-paste tool to help new subscribers import chat histories from AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.

The company said free active users rose more than 60% and daily signups quadrupled since January. These moves came after a dispute with the US Defense Department that led President Donald Trump to order agencies to remove Claude and for the Pentagon to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

Claude experienced an hours-long service disruption on March 2 amid what Anthropic called “unprecedented demand.”

OpenAI announced it would deploy its AI models within the Defense Department’s classified network, prompting some users to call for a boycott of ChatGPT.

🔗 Source: Bloomberg

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Implications, context, and why it matters.

Anthropic’s new memory feature offers granular user control

  • Claude can carry context across chats by recalling a user’s role, projects, and communication preferences from earlier conversations 1.
  • Users can review, revise, or wipe everything Claude has stored whenever they want 1.
  • An “incognito” mode keeps conversations from being saved or used to build memory, in line with the company’s privacy stance 1.
  • Anthropic began rolling out the feature to Claude users on Monday.

A contract dispute is escalating into a national security threat for Anthropic

  • Anthropic tied the actions to a dispute with the U.S. Defense Department that led president Donald Trump to direct agencies to remove Claude, while the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

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