Introduction to Claude

What is Claude?

Claude is an AI assistant created by Anthropic. It's known for:

• Being helpful, harmless, and honest
• Great at writing and analysis
• Long context window (can read entire documents)
• Artifacts feature (generates files you can download)

Claude vs ChatGPT

| Feature | Claude | ChatGPT | |---------|--------|---------| | Writing | Excellent | Very Good | | Analysis | Excellent | Very Good | | Coding | Very Good | Excellent | | Context Length | 200K tokens | 128K tokens | | Artifacts | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | | Web Browsing | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

Getting Started

1. Go to claude.ai
2. Sign up with email or Google
3. Choose Free or Pro ($20/mo)

→ Proceed to Lesson 2: Getting Started