Claude now remembers what you told it, wherever you use it

Claude, the AI assistant, has implemented new features to address the annoyance of having to repeatedly explain itself. Starting today, the memory Claude uses in chat is also accessible in Claude Cowork. This means that information and preferences built up over months of conversations can accompany Claude when it is given a new task.

For instance, if a user explains how their team defines metrics in a chat, Cowork can utilize that information when preparing a quarterly business review. Similarly, details about a conference, such as the city, speakers, and headcount, can be carried over to logistics tasks.

A significant improvement is that Claude's memory now updates in real-time during a conversation, rather than summarizing it only at the end. Users can see what Claude has remembered, as memories are displayed as individual files sorted by topic. These files can be read, edited, or deleted by the user. However, Claude typically avoids saving sensitive subjects like health, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, politics, and gender identity.

Users can choose to enable "include sensitive topics in memory," but they will be notified whenever Claude saves information related to these topics. Certain categories, including sensitive identification numbers, criminal history, and immigration status, will never be saved, even with sensitive memory enabled. Additionally, users can pause or reset memory as needed.

Claude's enhancements aim to make memory feel more like a personal workspace that users can control. By keeping memory consistent across chat and Cowork tasks, Anthropic has eliminated a major inconvenience of interacting with AI assistants. The use of AI accessibility tools, such as smartphones aiding visually impaired users, has already proven practical.

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