Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

AI chatbot codes browser-based apps from plain English with classic web vibes.

Jun 26, 2025 - 21:56
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Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

On Wednesday, Anthropic announced a new feature that expands its Artifacts document management system into the basis of a personal AI app gallery resembling something from the Flash game era of the early 2000s—though these apps run on modern web code rather than Adobe's defunct plugin.

Using plain English dialogue, users can build and share interactive applications directly within Claude's chatbot interface using a new API capability that lets artifacts interact with Claude itself. Claude is an AI assistant similar to ChatGPT.

Claude has been capable of building web apps for some time, but Anthropic has put renewed focus on the feature that many have overlooked. "I'm amused that Anthropic turned 'we added a window.claude.complete() function to Artifacts' into what looks like a major new product launch," wrote independent AI researcher Simon Willison in a blog post, "but I can't say it's bad marketing for them to do that!"

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