Anthropic today said that customers who use Claude without a subscription can create files, use connectors, and access skills, all of which are features that used to require a paid plan.

The announcement comes two days after OpenAI said that it was starting to roll out ads for ChatGPT users who don’t have a paid subscription, or who use the most affordable Go plan.
Anthropic last week promised to keep Claude ad-free, potentially luring ChatGPT users to Claude. The new free options appear to be a…

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