Anthropic's Claude 3 is a new family of models in the LLM space that challenges GPT-4 with its high performance and capabilities. The three models in this family - Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus - offer different balances of intelligence, speed, and cost. Claude 3 has made significant improvements over its predecessor, Claude 2, particularly in terms of latency and vision capabilities. However, the model still requires careful prompting to achieve optimal results, and its performance can vary depending on the task and prompt used. The model's ability to detect and respond to toxic requests is also an area where it excels. Despite being a new model, Claude 3 has already garnered significant attention in the community, with some users praising its writing style and others expressing frustration with its limitations. As with any new technology, there is still much to be learned about how to effectively use and evaluate Claude 3 for various tasks.