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Anthropic Adds Free Memory Feature and Import Tool to Lure ChatGPT Users to Claude

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Anthropic is aiming to lure customers from ChatGPT and Gemini with a new memory import tool that's available to free users as of today. Conversations and memories from other AI providers can be imported into Claude, so new users will not need to start from scratch.

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Users can import preferences and context from an AI service like ChatGPT using a prompt that Anthropic prepared for other chatbots. The prompt instructs the AI to prepare a list of memories and context from past conversations, with formatting that's easily digestible by Claude.

I'm moving to another service and need to export my data. List every memory you have stored about me, as well as any context you've learned about me from past conversations. Output everything in a single code block so I can easily copy it.

Claude has an input box for the exported data, and the information is added to Claude's memory. Claude has supported memory for paid plans since October 2025, but there was no option for free users to take advantage of the feature. With a memory feature now available for switching, users will not need to sign up for a paid plan to move their AI instructions and preferences to Claude. Anthropic says that memory will remain an option on the free plan.

Enabling memory and then importing information into Claude can be done through the Memory section of Claude's settings.

Last month, Anthropic took advantage of ChatGPT's decision to start displaying ads for free users, promising to keep Claude ad-free. Anthropic then added new features for free users, including options for compaction, creating files, using connectors, and accessing skills. Along with memory, those options were previously limited to paid subscribers.

As of now, Claude is the top free iOS app in the App Store, a spot normally held by ChatGPT. Anthropic has been in the news over the last week for its inability to reach an agreement with the U.S. government over AI use, and the subsequent supply chain risk designation it received.

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tonmischa
4 weeks ago
I have never used Anthropic's Claude before. But I like that they stand by their core values (even if it means losing business).
Take note, Tim. That's what having a spine looks like.
Score: 57 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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It’s always something
4 weeks ago
Anthropic’s principled stand was enough to win me over. I use Claude now when I want to use an AI.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Blackstick
4 weeks ago
Claude is the only LLM I use to code. Bash and powershell scripts in particular, it writes like butter. While not full on development, there's a lot of syntax and boilerplate code nobody wants to burn time on.

Anyway. Claude's work is almost always right first time. Used to be I'd spend 3-4 hours writing and debugging a script. That timeframe has shrunk to 10 minutes and the machine's output is tighter, more resilient, has better self healing/error recovery, less race conditions and just overall better optimized. It's really quite extraordinary.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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TheDailyApple
4 weeks ago
Huh, I wonder if competitors will take steps to prevent easy exports like that.

Personally the feature holds no value for me as if I’m using an AI, I want as fresh an instance as possible so that its output is less targeted at pleasing me specifically. I usually disable memory features for that reason sticking to a single generic overall instruction on behavior.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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sevoneone
4 weeks ago

The exact reason OpenAI jumped to take their place.
Altman had just secured another $110 Billion in Venture capital before all of this happened. Investors that have never seen a single dollar in return drop $110 Billion a couple days before Altman becomes Hegseth's best friend. Makes you wonder about the entire situation and story... Now they can get return on investment with taxpayer money by overcharging the government just like every defense contractor ever.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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klasma
4 weeks ago

Hell yeah, not even a fan of Dario as every time he opened his mouth in interviews was always been cringeworthy for me. But now I am certainly a fan of Dario. Way to go. We a private citizens. FREE. He doesn't have to answer to lord Vader.
He’s a bad speaker/interviewee and is too optimistic about AI improvements, but he and his co-founders are principled people who actually care about ethics.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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