Anthropic Shut Down Its AI-written Blog After Just Weeks.

AI startup Anthropic has quietly shut down its new blog, Claude Explains, just weeks after launching it.

The blog featured content generated by the chatbot ‘‘Claude,’’ while human editors refined it. TechCrunch reports that the purpose of this collaboration was to showcase how AI and human experts can work together. The blog now it’s completely offline and its webpage exists only as a redirect to Anthropic’s homepage.

According to TechCrunch, the blog was a “pilot” aimed at merging -requested explainer content with marketing initiatives at the company. The blog presented articles about code simplification, and business AI applications. However, it failed to establish a clear distinction between Claude’s automated content and human editorial work.

TechCrunch reports that a company spokesperson had previously described the blog as “a demonstration of how human expertise and AI capabilities can work together,” adding, “Rather than replacing human expertise, we’re showing how AI can amplify what subject matter experts can accomplish.”

Futurism reports that the blog sparked mixed reactions online. Some s praised the idea, while others criticized it for lacking transparency. “Blogs typically aren’t written in the third person,” one Reddit pointed out. Another said, “If it needs a human to tell it what to write, it’s not writing its own blog.”

Despite drawing over 24 backlinks from other websites, its ambiguous authorship, combined with its unclear purpose, created skepticism among readers. Critics doubted that the blog was a marketing tool masquerading as innovative content, as noted by Futurism.

The company, Anthropic, has not provided any explanation regarding the blog’s closure. It might have shut down the blog out of concern about making false promises regarding Claude’s writing capabilities.