Anthropic PBC today upgraded its Artifacts feature that provides users with a real-time dedicated workspace for a collaborative creative interface with Claude, the company’s artificial intelligence model, by introducing a dedicated space to view creations in the Claude app.

For context, Artifacts allow users to use Claude to create standalone content in a dedicated window from the main conversation. Artifacts make it easier to work with the AI to build and collaborate on content including documents and working web apps. Users can build upon, modify and reference them later. They can also publish and share them with other users.

With this upgrad,e users will also be able to embed AI features directly into their creations, transforming them into AI-powered applications.

Anthropic said that since the initial launch of Artifacts, millions of users have created more than 500 million artifacts, including productivity apps and educational games. Now it’s possible to build Claude-powered apps that accept user input and adapt to content in real time.

By being able to embed AI into applications, users can create apps that “think for themselves.” Examples include games with nonplayer characters that remember choices and adapt storylines, smart tutors that adjust explanations based on understanding, and data analyzers that answer plain-English questions about data.

Creators can share what they make freely. Anyone with a Claude account can access apps – including free accounts — with no application programming keys or hidden costs are involved, the company said.

The new Artifacts space is accessible via a sidebar in the Claude app. It’s currently available to Free, Pro and Max users. The full features are available on the web, desktop and mobile, where users can create, view, interact with and customize artifacts.

Creating an artifact is as easy as going into a chat and asking Claude to build an app. For example, I requested a fully fledged solar system educational 2D simulation, including trivia and a chat box that would challenge users to answer questions about different celestial bodies.

Not only did Claude deliver, but the app itself also answers questions about the different planets in the solar system using AI.

The assistant did not initially add Pluto, the far-flung dwarf planet companion at the edge of the solar system — or the asteroid belt. It only took a few English prompts to get them added to the educational web app. This caused a bug or two, but collaborating with Claude ironed them out easily.

Once the app is complete, users can share their AI-generated apps and creations on the web with other users, who then can modify them using the same system.

Examples of other Artifacts that users have built include one made by music producer Rick Rubin, who used them in The Way of Code, a poetic introduction to visual Claude Artifacts that allows users to modify them with prompts. This shows that Claude is also a creative tool as much as a technical device. There is also a basic Writing Editor with an AI assistant, and Flashcards, as well as an Anthropic Office Simulator.

Users interested in trying out Artifacts to create their next web app, or productivity tool or write a document can visit claude.ai/artifacts.

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