How well can Sonnet write and run code on your behalf?
As you have probably heard by now, Claude released a couple of major news stories a few days ago.
One was about a new 3.5 Haiku model that promises to emulate the abilities of the current 3.0 Opus model but should be much quicker and cheaper to use. This was a “coming soon” announcement, as the new model won’t actually be released until sometime in November.
The second major talking point and the one which has sent the AI world into a bit of a frenzy is the news that the upgraded Sonnet 3.5 model also has a new ability.
Called Computer Use, the model can now control a PC desktop.
It does this in a very natural, human-like way.
By that, I mean that it can open windows and applications, point and click using the mouse and enter text, search the web using Google, etc. …
At this stage, Computer Use is experimental and prone to errors, but is an exciting prospect nonetheless.
Now, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to recognise that giving AI this kind of ability could be slightly concerning. Claude has kicked that particular can down the road a bit by ensuring that, for now, the new model…