Anthropic Adds Features for Doctors, Patients in Health Push

Anthropic is making it easier for patients and clinicians to use its artificial intelligence chatbot to access medical information, part of a broader push into the lucrative health care sector.

The San Francisco-based company on Sunday said that its Claude product is launching a new health care offering that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and can be used by hospitals, medical providers and consumers to field protected health data. Anthropic has also integrated scientific databases into its product and added enhanced capabilities for biological research.

On the consumer front, Anthropic is allowing users to export their ...