Anthropic releases Claude Pro, a paid version of its ChatGPT rival

Claude Pro even costs the same at ChatGPT Plus
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The ChatGPT rival now offers a paid subscription too. Credit: Getty Images

ChatGPT's competitor, Claude now has a paid version with premium features.

On Thursday, Anthropic announced Claude Pro, for $20 a month. It also happens to be the same price as ChatGPT's paid version, ChatGPT Plus. With a Claude Pro subscription, users get 5 times more usage than the free version of Claude.ai, plus the ability to send many more messages. Users also get priority access to Claude.ai during high-traffic periods, and early access to new Claude features.

Similar to ChatGPT, Claude is a generative AI chatbot, powered by Anthropic's large language model, Claude 2. Founded by former OpenAI senior employees, Anthropic touts itself as the more responsible and ethical alternative to the ChatGPT-owner. It has conducted extensive research on training generative AI models safely, and has solidly articulated principles for responsible AI development. At least from the outside, its ground-up approach to AI ethics (and heavy investment from Google) makes Anthropic the GenAI darling that could oust OpenAI from the top spot.


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As of today, Claude Pro is available in the U.S. and the UK.

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Cecily Mauran
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Cecily is a tech reporter at Mashable who covers AI, Apple, and emerging tech trends. Before getting her master's degree at Columbia Journalism School, she spent several years working with startups and social impact businesses for Unreasonable Group and B Lab. Before that, she co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in South America, Europe, and Asia. You can find her on X at @cecily_mauran.

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