Anthropic on Wednesday said its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude will remain ad-free , a decision that comes just weeks after the startup's rival OpenAI announced plans to begin testing advertisements within ChatGPT. In a blog post, Anthropic said that Claude users will not see ads or sponsored links near their conversations, and the chatbot's answers will not be influenced by third-party product placements. The personal nature of users' conversations with Claude would make ads feel "