Anthropic recently announced that its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model has added PDF file processing capabilities, and has now entered the public beta stage. This function allows users to analyze text and visual elements in PDF documents, including images, charts, and tables. It has a wide range of applications, covering financial reports, legal documents and document translation. This move further expands Claude's functions, providing users with stronger document processing capabilities and improving work efficiency.
Recently, artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it has added PDF file processing capabilities to its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model, which has now entered the public testing phase. Users can now use the model to analyze text and visual elements in PDF documents, including images, charts, and tables, for a variety of scenarios such as financial reports, legal documents, and document translation.
The PDF processing process of Claude 3.5 Sonnet is divided into three steps. First, the system extracts text content from the document. Then, each page of the document is converted into an image for more in-depth analysis. This allows users not only to obtain text information, but also to gain insight into visual information in PDF files.
It is worth mentioning that Claude's PDF feature can also be used in conjunction with other features, such as extracting specific information and using it as tool input. It should be noted that the uploaded files must be less than 32MB, and the number of pages must not exceed 100 pages. The system currently does not support encrypted or password-protected documents.
The cost of processing PDF files varies according to the length of the document and the content density. Typically, 1,500 to 3,000 tokens per page are consumed without additional charges exceeding the standard token fee. Users can use this new feature through the Claude Chat feature preview and API access, which requires the use of a specific request header "anthropic-beta: pdfs-2024-09-25" in API requests. Anthropic plans to expand this feature to Amazon Bedrock and Google Vertex AI platforms in the future.
To improve processing, Anthropic recommends that users ensure that the document has clear and readable text and the page layout is correct. Additionally, when citing specific content, users should use the page number displayed in the PDF reader. And during API use, PDF files should be placed before text. If the document is larger and exceeds the limit, Anthropic recommends splitting it into smaller sections. Finally, when analyzing the same document multiple times, users can also consider using prompt cache to improve processing efficiency.
Key points:
Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, adding PDF file processing capabilities to support text and image analysis.
The processing process is divided into three steps: extracting text, converting pages into images and comprehensive analysis.
Processing costs vary according to document length and content density, and users are subject to file size and page limits.
The PDF processing function of Claude 3.5 Sonnet provides users with efficient and convenient document analysis solutions. Its application scope will be further expanded in the future. It is worth looking forward to its application and function upgrades on more platforms.