Anthropic just launched a powerful update—Claude, their AI assistant, can now access real-time web data through its API. That means instead of relying only on what it was trained on, it can now pull fresh info straight from the internet.
🎓 Why this matters for us:
Whether you’re writing a paper, building an app, or staying on top of current events, Claude can now help by finding and summarizing the latest articles, research, docs, and data—with citations!
🔍 Examples:
Working on a school project about AI ethics? Claude can pull in the most recent studies and news reports to give you up-to-date insights.
Coding something cool and need the newest Python docs or library updates? Claude can search and serve it to you instantly.
💡 Pro tip: Web search is off by default, but if you’re using Claude via API, you can enable it and even control what sources it’s allowed to search.
This is a big step toward making AI a real-time research assistant—and it’s just getting started.