Anthropic has introduced a feature that allows users to switch to Claude without restarting their conversations, letting them transfer preferences and context from other AI providers in a single step.
Anthropic has made Claude’s memory feature available on the free plan, allowing users to import context from rival chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
The company said users can copy and paste a provided prompt into a chat with another AI service to retrieve their stored context. “With one copy-paste, Claude updates its memory and picks up right where you left off,” the company said.
The process involves two steps. In the first step, users paste a prompt formulated to extract conversation history and preferences into their existing AI provider. In the second step, they paste the retrieved output into Claude’s memory settings.
The company stated that the user can copy and paste the results into Claude’s memory settings. Once the memory is updated, the user can start using Claude.
Anthropic has positioned the feature as a way to simplify migration between AI tools by reducing the need to manually restate user preferences and prior context.
The update comes as competition between major AI assistants continues to grow. Recent app data also shows changes in user behaviour following developments involving rival platforms.
ChatGPT’s mobile app uninstallations in the United States jumped 295% day-on-day after news broke of OpenAI’s partnership with the US Department of Defense.
Data from Sensor Tower showed the increase was much higher than ChatGPT’s usual uninstall rate of around 9% day-on-day over the past 30 days. At the same time, the app’s US downloads fell 13% on February 28 and dropped another 5% the next day.
The decline came after downloads had risen 14% on February 27, before the defence deal was announced.
Meanwhile, downloads of Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, increased during the same period. US downloads rose 37% day-on-day on February 27 and 51% on February 28 after Anthropic said it would not partner with the US defence department.
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