Claude added immersive visuals to chats in real-time, currently in beta

Claude is expanding on one of its coding tools to bring immersive visuals like charts and graphs to chats, all built in the moment to present responses to complex questions.

AI models have proven they can be useful at answering complex questions, but a lot of the value falls apart when answers are presented as basic text. Yes, formatting matters, but nothing beats a good old chart.

Anthropic announced Claude’s latest feature in beta – responses with interactive visuals and charts. In a video announcing the feature, Claude’s new visual system is incredibly impressive. A couple of examples are highlighted, like a quick one-sentence answer to a question followed by a complex idea map filled with information and dropdown boxes. Instead of a text-ridden answer, the response appears a little more inviting.

In another example, Claude answers a question about structural weight distribution with a visual chart, complete with directional icons and a legend for easy comprehension.

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Anthropic says that Claude’s visual responses will update in real-time as the conversation develops. This is something other models, like Gemini, do to previous responses as the user adds more details, though nothing seemingly as visually complex as what Claude added.

Some responses will be interactive. Claude notes users will be able to click certain portions of charts and graphs, with underlying information surfacing after. This comes as Claude recently announced format-specific answers, like recipes that favor a very specific structure for easier comprehension.

The company notes that Claude’s new visual answers are available now for all plan types, though the feature is only being released in beta for the time being.