Anthropic: The driving force behind Claude 3.5, the most powerful rival of GPT-4, how to create a more "compliant" AI large-scale language model?

Anthropic vs. OpenAI 

Both Anthropic and OpenAI are committed to building large-scale language models, but Anthropic's Claude is more focused on developing AI systems that can "clearly explain the thinking process" and are more compliant and controllable.

In contrast, OpenAI's ChatGPT focuses more on model flexibility and develops more powerful general AI technologies, such as more approachable speech, image recognition, image output, etc.
Because the training purposes are different, although OpenAI has firmly established its position in user coverage, Anthropic will be a more suitable choice for companies that strictly require AI security and explainability.

What is the difference between the two methods of training AI?

Anthropic: Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF)
OpenAI: Large-Scale Data and Deep Learning

Anthropic looks forward to developing a more transparent AI system, so it will place more emphasis on the controllability and explanation capabilities of the AI model during the training process. Anthropic mainly uses reinforcement learning and human feedback (RLHF), and the team will focus on ensuring the safety and reliability of the AI system in various scenarios.
In contrast, OpenAI hopes that the output can be diverse and flexible, so it focuses more on large-scale data and deep learning to maximize the performance and generation capabilities of the AI model. For example, GPT-4 uses a large amount of text data for pre-training to improve the model's natural language processing and generation diversity.

What are the differences between the two language models?

Taking the output text as an example, the most obvious differences between the two models are:

Anthropic (Claude)

1. High content transparency:
   Claude provides a detailed explanation of the process and data sources, explaining which scientific models he uses to predict and analyze.
2. Compliance:
   Claude's responses are generally more compliant, suitable for areas where strict legal and ethical standards need to be followed.

OpenAI (ChatGPT)

1. More flexible and natural:
   ChatGPT's response focuses more on generating natural and fluent text, providing clear and concise explanations, suitable for a wide range of interactions and diverse application scenarios, such as entertainment, education and general business applications.

2. Be more creative:
   ChatGPT's generation capabilities are powerful, able to handle a wider range of topics, and provide a rich interactive experience.

Let’s have a more concrete experience. How will the two models respond to the same prompt?

Take “Explain the causes and effects of climate change” as an example

Claude's response:

“Climate change refers to changes in Earth’s long-term weather patterns, primarily caused by increases in greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities. Burning fossil fuels (such as coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation are both major causes of increases in greenhouse gases.
These gases (such as carbon dioxide and methane) accumulate in the atmosphere, forming a 'greenhouse' that increases the temperature of the Earth.
This greenhouse effect leads to an increase in extreme weather events, rising sea levels and changes in ecosystems, which in turn affects human health, agricultural production and water supply. "

“We use multiple scientific models to simulate and predict the impacts of climate change, which are tuned based on historical data and current trends.
Our analysis considers greenhouse gas emissions under different scenarios and assesses their potential impact on global temperatures and weather patterns. These models and data come from authoritative organizations such as the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). "

ChatGPT's response

"Climate change is caused by the combination of human activities and natural factors. During human activities, burning fossil fuels releases large amounts of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas that will warm the earth.
In addition, deforestation reduces the absorption of carbon dioxide, exacerbating climate warming. Natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and changes in solar radiation also affect climate, but under the influence of human activities, these natural factors play a relatively small role.
The impacts of climate change include an increase in extreme weather events, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, ecosystem damage, and human health problems. These changes could lead to reduced agricultural production, water shortages and more climate refugees.

It is obvious that Claude will explain the process with clear reasoning and attach reference sources;
ChatGPT is more user-friendly and uses simpler and easier-to-understand language to help users understand.

To compare the two models in a more anthropomorphic way:

can put Claude imagines a gentle but somewhat serious teacher who is very attentive to the emotions and safety of his students. Ensure that your words and deeds will not harm students through a strict code of ethics (CAI). At the same time, we frequently communicate with students and parents (regular open source voting), and adjust teaching methods after adopting students’ opinions to better meet everyone’s expectations and needs.

In comparison, GPT is more interesting but less controlled. You can imagine that GPT is a very smart teacher who can teach students according to their aptitude. He has a wealth of knowledge and can answer various questions and provide detailed explanations. But sometimes the diversity of students' backgrounds may be overlooked, or sensitive topics may not be considered that may be harmful to some students.

Anthropic and OpenAI, a comparison of their strategic positions on the AI battlefield

In today's AI industry, Anthropic and OpenAI each occupy an important strategic position.

Because Anthropic focuses more on the security and transparency of AI technology, it is favored by companies in industries with higher risk and compliance requirements, such as finance, medical and legal. AI products that emphasize interpretability can help these industries better understand and apply AI technology.

OpenAI targets a wider range of users. Because of ChatGPT's flexible content output and diversified product portfolio, it occupies a wide share of the current market. Especially in entertainment, education and general business applications, it has higher visibility and usage.

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