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Claude 2

Model deprecation · Model Deprecation · shut down July 21, 2025

Born: July 11, 2023
Died: July 21, 2025
Lifespan: 2y
Cause of death: Model Deprecation
Killed by: Anthropic
Type: Model

Anthropic's second-generation model that introduced 100K context windows. Deprecated in January 2025 and retired six months later, replaced by the Claude 3 family with superior reasoning and multilingual capabilities.

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Is Claude 2 dead?

Yes. Claude 2 was shut down on July 21, 2025, 2y after its launch on July 11, 2023. The cause of death was model deprecation; it was killed by Anthropic. Classification: model deprecation. Details and the source are above.

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