Anthropic has announced a new “memory” tool that allows Claude users to copy over their chats from other AI chatbots, giving those who want to switch over from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot an easy way.
The new memory tool is available to paid Claude subscribers only and enables them to import saved memories from rival AI chatbots, and comes as more people seem to be turning toward Claude and away from ChatGPT over growing concerns about how, and to what end, the U.S. military will use AI chatbots. (While OpenAI signed a deal with the Pentagon, Anthropic said no.)
As Fast Company previously reported, despite Pentagon demands to use AI assistants for “all lawful purposes,” Anthropic pushed back, saying it did not want its technology to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. After Anthropic refused to comply, the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled it a “supply chain risk,” forcing military contractors to ditch it.
On Reddit, the “Cancel ChatGPT” movement has users clapping back, posting screenshots of canceled subscriptions and deleted accounts and how to extract their data, and accusing OpenAI of having “no ethics at all”. One other poster commented, “fastest install of my life.“
How to use the Claude’s new memory tool
“[You can] switch to Claude without starting over,” according to Anthropic’s website. “Bring your preferences and context from other AI providers to Claude. With one copy-paste, Claude updates its memory and picks up right where you left off.”
Here’s how:
- First, get a subscription if you don’t already have one. Then go to the memory tool.
- Step 1: “Copy and paste the provided prompt into a chat with any AI provider. It’s written specifically to help you get all of your context in one chat.” (Hit “copy prompt” button.)
- Step 2: “Copy and paste the results into Claude’s memory settings. That’s it! Claude will update its memory and you’re good to go.”
According to Anthropic, Claude will learn your preferences across conversations; keeps project context separate so nothing bleeds together; and allows users to see and edit everything it remembers.