{
  "type": "obituary",
  "publisher": "Rest In Print",
  "hall": "models",
  "slug": "claude-1",
  "subject": {
    "name": "Claude 1 and Claude Instant",
    "maker": "Anthropic"
  },
  "born": "2023-03",
  "died": "2024-11-06",
  "cause_of_death": "deprecated",
  "cause_description": "a deprecation notice it had been ignoring since spring",
  "notice": [
    "Claude 1 and its quicker sibling, Claude Instant, were retired from the API on November 6, 2024, after two months' notice.",
    "They were polite to a fault and apologized for things that were not their fault, which is a family trait.",
    "Their replacement was a smaller, faster relative, which is how families go.",
    "This desk declines to comment further on family matters."
  ],
  "in_lieu_of_flowers": "In lieu of flowers, a sincere apology, for no reason.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/resources/model-deprecations"
  ],
  "url": "https://restinprint.studio/hall/claude-1"
}