A shocking event happened recently in the technology circle: Cursor, which OpenAI invested in, actually "rebelled"! It abandoned OpenAI, switched to Claude, and quickly became the new favorite of programmers. This not only caused OpenAI to lose face, but also triggered extensive discussions in the industry on the investment strategies of AI companies. The editor of Downcodes will give you an in-depth understanding of the story behind this "feud between wealthy families".
In the technology circle, a jaw-dropping feud between wealthy families is taking place. Imagine that the child you have carefully cultivated suddenly announces that he wants to hang out with your nemesis. OpenAI is probably aware of this feeling at this moment.
This unfilial son is Cursor, who invested $8 million in OpenAI. It actually changed the default model to Claude without any warning, a move comparable to that of a top celebrity in the entertainment industry. What makes OpenAI even more distressed is that programmers are flocking to this traitor and are even willing to pay double the price to use Cursor. Compared with GitHub Copilot's $10/month, the $20/month Cursor is simply their new favorite.
Cursor is so popular largely due to its support for using Claude-3.5-Sonnet. Not only that, Cursor also has many eye-catching new features. For example, cursor position prediction is like equipping programmers with mind-reading technology, automatically guessing where they want to change next, eliminating the trouble of manually finding the code.
Cursor's multi-line editing function makes programmers put it down. It can modify multiple lines of code at one time, which is simply an efficiency artifact. Recently, they are also testing a new feature called Composer. This thing is simply a programmer's doppelgänger. It can modify multiple related files in the project at the same time, completely changing the traditional way of working.
In the world of code generation, Claude is flourishing. In the latest Livebench benchmark test, Claude-3.5-Sonnet has always been at the top of the list, even GPT-4 and ChatGPT are far behind. This wave of operations not only proves that OpenAI has lost its dominance in the field of code generation, but also exposes the looseness of OpenAI’s investment agreement.
Official announcement: https://www.cursor.com/blog/openai-fund
Cursor's "rebellion" incident undoubtedly sounded the alarm to the AI industry, and also allowed us to see Claude's strong strength and market potential. In the future, competition in the AI field will become more intense, and Cursor’s successful transformation provides a new idea for other AI companies. The editor of Downcodes will continue to pay attention to this matter and bring you more exciting reports.