Anthropic is an AI-driven research company that aims to increase the safety and understandability of large-scale AI systems. Their first product, Claude, is an AI assistant that can be used for various tasks. Anthropic's research interests cover areas such as natural language, human feedback, reinforcement learning, and code generation. They are committed to addressing the issues of unpredictability, unreliability, and opacity in current AI systems. Their chatbot can be applied across industries including customer support, legal support, coaching, data search, back-office automation, and sales.