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Anthropic launches Claude web search API, betting on the future of post-Google information access (venturebeat.com)
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Anthropic has introduced a web search capability for its Claude AI assistant, intensifying competition in the rapidly evolving AI search market where tech giants are racing to redefine how users find information online.

The company announced today that developers can now enable Claude to access current web information through its API, allowing the AI assistant to conduct multiple progressive searches to compile comprehensive answers complete with source citations. The move comes as web search undergoes its most significant transformation since Google revolutionized the field more than two decades ago.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't know if 'simply' is the word I'd use here, but there's clearly been some unforced errors on Google's part with regards to search

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I'm too lazy to find the article (google the man who ruined google search, think it was ed zitron's blog) but TL;DR they made the key metric for search users something like ad impressions per search or something, whereas it used to be how fast you found what you were looking for. It was a deliberate decision, so I'd say 'simply' may just be the word here.