How Anthropic’s Claude became the chatbot of choice for AI industry insiders, who say its responses feel more creative and empathetic and less gratingly robotic (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How Anthropic’s Claude became the chatbot of choice for AI industry insiders, who say its responses feel more creative and empathetic and less gratingly robotic  —  A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic.  Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?