Model Update
There is a certain "warmth" to Claude. Ask ChatGPT to write a poem, and it rhymes "cat" with "bat." Ask Claude, and it produces sonnets that feel painfully human. Claude 3.7 doubles down on this "Constitutional AI" approach, offering a model that is safer, smarter, and significantly more empathetic than its cold, calculated rivals.
Artifacts 2.0: The App Builder
When you ask Claude to write code, it doesn't just give you a text block. It opens an Artifact—a dedicated side window where the code runs live.
Ask for a "Finance Dashboard in React," and Claude renders a fully interactive chart that you can click and play with instantly. Version 2.0 adds multi-file support and instant deployment, turning Claude from a chatbot into a legitimate software prototyping tool.
Benchmarks: The Opus Standard
We tested the flagship 3.7 Opus model against GPT-5 Turbo and Gemini 2.0 Ultra.
| Metric | Claude 3.7 Opus | GPT-5 Turbo | Gemini 2.0 Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Level Reasoning (GPQA) | 64.5% | 62.1% | 61.0% |
| Coding (HumanEval) | 93.0% | 91.8% | 90.5% |
| Creative Nuance | Superior | Standard | Standard |
| Context Window | 200k (High Recall) | 128k | 2M |
The Writer's Muse
If you use AI to write emails, essays, or fiction, Claude is unrivaled.
- Less "AI-Slop": Claude avoids the repetitive "In conclusion" and "It is important to note" phrases that plague ChatGPT.
- Style Mimicry: Upload 5 of your own articles to a Project, and Claude learns your voice perfectly.
- Long-Form Logic: It can hold the plot points of a 50-page story in memory without hallucinating contradictions.
Pricing Plans
Anthropic keeps it simple. One subscription gives you access to everything.
Final Verdict
If you are a coder, a writer, or anyone who values precision and tone, Claude 3.7 is the best $20 you can spend. It lacks the massive ecosystem of Google or the image generation of OpenAI, but purely as an intelligence, it is currently the smartest model in the room.