Claude

Claude is a family of large language models developed by Anthropic, an AI safety company founded by former members of OpenAI. Anthropic positions Claude as a commercially capable yet safety-focused alternative to competing systems from OpenAI and Google, releasing models across multiple capability tiers — the most advanced of which the company has designated its "Mythos class."

The Claude models compete at the frontier of AI benchmarking, with recent releases posting strong results on research-level mathematics evaluations and outpacing rival systems on several standard measures. Adoption has grown across enterprise and consumer contexts, spanning sectors such as finance, cryptocurrency, and government services; Claude has also climbed to the top of AI app rankings in competitive markets including South Korea.

Along with commercial ambitions, Anthropic emphasizes safety and responsible deployment as core to the Claude brand, including investments in cybersecurity programs aimed at public-sector institutions. The models have nonetheless drawn significant regulatory attention, including U.S. government intervention tied to export controls and disclosed security vulnerabilities — placing Claude at the center of broader debates over AI governance and frontier model oversight.