Over at **[The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/30/24167231/anthropic-claude-ai-assistant-automate-tasks)**, Kylie Robison writes:

> Anthropic is releasing a new feature for its AI chatbot Claude that will let anyone create an email assistant, a bot to purchase shoes, or other personalized solutions. It’s called “tool use” (or the nerdier “function calling”), and it hooks up to any external API of your choosing.

As a pro user of Claude, I didn’t get the memo! Someone should set up a function for that.
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