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Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot Claude will be able to recall context across conversations for free users in an attempt to keep new customers who have created “unprecedented demand” in recent days.

The memory feature, which was previously exclusive to paying subscribers, was made available to Claude users on Monday, according to Anthropic.

The tool is already available to users on its free plan from ChatGPT, a rival of OpenAI’s chatbot.

Anthropic is also making it easier for new users to import previous histories from other AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, into Claude with a simple copy-and-paste method.

Anthropic’s consumer goods have garnered a lot more attention since it disagreed with the US Defense Department regarding the potential use of its technology for mass surveillance and the development of autonomous weapons.

The Pentagon made the announcement following President Donald Trump’s order for US government agencies to delete Anthropic. According to Anthropic, daily signups have increased fourfold since January, and Claude’s free active users have increased by over 60%.

Some users called for a boycott of ChatGPT after rival OpenAI revealed it would use its own AI models within the Defense Department’s classified network. Due to what it described as “unprecedented demand” over the past week, Claude experienced an hours-long service disruption on Monday.