Claude Launches AI-Powered App Creation - 1

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Claude Launches AI-Powered App Creation

  • Written by Kiara Fabbri Former Tech News Writer
  • Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager

Claude introduces new features that allow users to build and share AI-powered apps.

In a rush? Here are the quick facts:

  • Claude app now enables building and sharing AI-powered interactive apps.
  • Apps include AI games, personalized learning, data analysis, and writing assistants.
  • No coding needed; Claude writes and debugs code based on user input.

The AI platform Claude enables users to build, host, and share their own interactive AI-powered apps directly within its app. Through this new feature, announced on Wednesday, developers obtain the ability to construct AI applications with reduced expenses along with simplified infrastructure management.

Anthropic, the parent company of Claude, explains that when someone uses a Claude-based app, they log in with their own Claude account, and any API usage is charged to their subscription—not the app creator’s.

Anthropic says that this eliminates the need for developers to manage API keys or cover usage costs. The apps are built using code generated by Claude, which users can inspect, edit, and share.

Early users have created apps like AI-powered games with NPCs that remember conversations, personalized learning tools, data analysis apps where users upload files and ask questions, writing assistants, and workflows that combine multiple AI calls for complicated tasks.

To get started, just enable the new interactive feature in the Claude app and describe what you want to build. Claude will write the code, debug itself based on your feedback, and let you share the app with a link. Claude says it handles prompt engineering, error handling, and orchestration so you can focus on your idea.

Some current limits include no external API calls, no persistent storage, and only text-based responses. This beta feature is available to Free, Pro, and Max plan users.

Claude also introduced a dedicated space in the app to browse, customize, and organize AI creations called “artifacts.” Artifacts let anyone create shareable AI tools, games, or apps without coding, just by chatting with Claude. For example, instead of a one-time flashcard set, you can now make a flashcard app letting users choose topics and generate cards dynamically.

Norrsken To Invest $348 Million in European Startups Using “AI for Good” - 2

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Norrsken To Invest $348 Million in European Startups Using “AI for Good”

  • Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
  • Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager

The Swedish non-profit Norrsken Foundation announced on Wednesday that its investment arm will commit €300 million—around $348 million—to European startups using “AI for good.” The funds will be allocated to projects addressing challenges in climate, health, education, food, and society.

In a rush? Here are the quick facts:

  • Norrsken’s investment arm is committing €300 million to back European startups using “AI for good.”
  • The non-profit foundation will prioritize companies addressing challenges in climate, health, education, food, and society.
  • In an open letter, Norrsken urges deploying AI technology to “fix what truly matters.”

In an open letter , Norrsken—established in 2016 by Klarna ’s co-founder Niklas Adalberth—acknowledged that AI represents a “godlike intelligence” capable of significant breakthroughs with an impact comparable to the Industrial Revolution. However, the foundation emphasized the need to develop new technologies that can “fix what truly matters” and take a different approach from today’s commercial trends.

“The Industrial Revolution brought explosive economic growth, but it also laid the foundation for the environmental crises we face today,” states the letter. “That’s why we’re committing €300 million from our Norrsken VC, Norrsken Launcher and Norrsken Accelerator funds to European startups using AI for good: to solve challenges in climate, health, food, education, and society.”

Norrsken highlighted that only last year, AI startups raised $110 billion in VC funding, which is around one-third of VC investments in the world. It noted that investors worldwide clearly believe in AI’s potential, but it criticized what it sees as a narrow current focus, such as AI-powered tools for sales and marketing.

“The world doesn’t need another sales agent,” states the document. “AI can now optimise entire energy systems, accelerate drug discovery, detect diseases earlier, and decode biology faster than ever. It can power precision agriculture and dramatically reduce food waste.”

The foundation considers that AI technology holds the power to solve problems that have been affecting our society for many years, and that we are living a historic moment for innovation.

Norrsken recently participated in a funding round to support the startup evroc in its mission to build data centers and advance European technological sovereignty.