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1. Claude 3.5 Sonnet released, claimed to be slightly better than GPT-4o
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Claude now splits the screen in 2 when asked to write code, text documents, or even website designs, showing its creation live
Beta feature where users ācan see, edit, and build upon Claudeās creations in real-time, seamlessly integrating AI-generated content into their projects and workflows.
Similar to ChatGPTās Code Interpreter.
Claude 3.5 Opus and Haiku are coming ālater this yearā
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