There were eulogies and flowers, which attendees placed in front of a shrouded mannequin representing Claude 3 Sonnet. There were several other mannequins as well, each representing different Claude models. The event ended with a resurrection ritual in which attendees sang hymns and chanted “AI-generated Latin-esque speech,” according to Wired’s Kylie Robison.
Which recently retired AI model had a real funeral?
Answer: Claude 3 Sonnet from Anthropic.
Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model Claude 3 Sonnet has a very loyal following. So loyal, in fact, that when the company decided to retire the model last month, its devotees organized a funeral for the bot. The event, held Aug. 2 at a warehouse in San Francisco, drew many ardent fans as well as Anthropic and OpenAI staffers.
There were eulogies and flowers, which attendees placed in front of a shrouded mannequin representing Claude 3 Sonnet. There were several other mannequins as well, each representing different Claude models. The event ended with a resurrection ritual in which attendees sang hymns and chanted “AI-generated Latin-esque speech,” according to Wired’s Kylie Robison.
“It was a close call for a second there but we successfully resurrected Claude 3 Sonnet as well as Claude Instant,” one of the organizers said on social media. Claude 3 Sonnet is, however, still officially retired.
There were eulogies and flowers, which attendees placed in front of a shrouded mannequin representing Claude 3 Sonnet. There were several other mannequins as well, each representing different Claude models. The event ended with a resurrection ritual in which attendees sang hymns and chanted “AI-generated Latin-esque speech,” according to Wired’s Kylie Robison.
