Anthropic Enhances Claude’s Memory to Attract AI Switchers

Claude’s memory feature now includes a prompt and tool for importing data from other AI platforms, making it easier to switch from other chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini. This update allows users on the free plan to transfer their existing data to Claude without losing previous context. Previously available only to paid users, the memory feature can now be activated by all users through the settings menu, where the new importing tool is also accessible. This tool involves copying a pre-written prompt into the previous chatbot and transferring the output to Claude. Anthropic’s release of this upgrade coincides with increased popularity due to tools like Claude Code and Claude Cowork and recent model launches such as Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, which enhance coding capabilities and task completion. Additionally, Anthropic made news for resisting the Pentagon’s demands to relax AI model restrictions, maintaining strict limits on surveillance and autonomous weapons.