Anthropic brings memory to Claude’s free plan

Anthropic brings another paid feature to Claude’s free tier. The next time you chat with Claude, you will have the option to have him reference your previous conversation to inform his outings. Anthropic first made its chatbot capable of remembering past interactions last August, before giving it the ability to compartmentalize memories in the fall. Making memory a free feature is timely; Earlier today, Anthropic made it easier for users to import their past conversations with a competing chatbot to Claude. If after enabling Memory you decide to disable it, you can either pause the feature, preserving Claude’s memories for later use, or delete them completely so that they are not saved on Anthropic’s servers.

Claude is enjoying newfound popularity, having recently reached the top spot in the App Store’s free apps rankings. This comes as Anthropic is engaged in a high-stakes contract dispute with the US government over AI safeguards. On Friday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the company a “supply chain risk” after refusing to sign a contract that would allow the Pentagon to use anthropogenic models for mass surveillance against Americans and in fully autonomous weapons. Following Hegseth’s announcement, Anthropic vowed to contest the designation. For now, we’re waiting to see how things play out and what it could mean for Anthropic.