ClaimsDario Amodei

“We will have web search very soon.”

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, interviewed 28 February 2025 Hard Fork - Anthropic's C.E.O. Dario Amodei on Surviving the A.I. Endgame Transcript (Podscripts (Hard Fork)) archived copy

Promise Their own work or organisation

Anthropic will launch web search for Claude very soon.

Delivered on time The record shows it happened or was so.

Promise: Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

What would count as true or false

'Very soon' is set at within about three months, so by 31 May 2025. TRUE: Anthropic launched web search in Claude, with public availability to at least some users including a feature preview for paid plans, on or before 31 May 2025. MOSTLY TRUE: launched by that date, with a minor detail differing (for example available only in some regions). MOSTLY FALSE: web search launched after 31 May 2025, or by that date was available only through the API or to a closed test group. FALSE: dated reports show web search had not launched in any form well after the deadline, or that it was cancelled.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (4)

  1. E1 Claude web search now available globally on all plans Anthropic (claude.com) · 20 March 2025 Own record

    “Web search is available now in feature preview for all paid Claude users in the United States.”

  2. E2 Anthropic adds web search to its Claude chatbot - here's how to try it ZDNET · 20 March 2025

    “Anthropic noted that web search is available today in preview for paid Claude users within the US, with access for free users and other countries “coming soon.””

  3. E3 Anthropic's Claude Finally Gets Web Search, Months After ChatGPT MacRumors · 21 March 2025

    “The feature is currently available only to paying subscribers in the United States.”

  4. E4 Anthropic brings web search to free Claude users Engadget · 27 May 2025

    “This feature is available to all Claude users starting today.”

Reasoning

On 20 and 21 March 2025, independent coverage reported that web search was live in Claude for paid users in the US, with ZDNET describing it as a preview (E2, E3). Anthropic's own announcement says the same (E1). The resolution criteria set the deadline at 31 May 2025 and count a feature preview for paid plans as a launch, so this meets the TRUE standard. On 27 May 2025, Engadget reported that the feature was available to all Claude users, which was also before the deadline (E4).

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Dario Amodei, “Anthropic will launch web search for Claude very soon.” (said 28 February 2025). Verdict: delivered on time. Reliability API, claim c_228e1ecf7ce2, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_228e1ecf7ce2

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  2. Resolved true Promise 28 February 2026
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  3. Mostly true Promise 5 June 2025
    “Anthropic is unilaterally committing to this step now.”

    Anthropic is unilaterally committing now to the step of embedding third-party evaluators, which it describes as the key step for verifying any pacing commitments, comparable to regulatory supervisors embedded alongside employees in banking.

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