Quora has unveiled a feature dubbed Previews on its Poe platform, enabling users to create and share interactive web applications within chatbot interactions.
User-Generated Web Applications
Poe, Quora's subscription service that integrates multiple AI chatbots, now lets users craft data visualizations, games, and animations. Commands like “Analyze this report and create an interactive presentation” allow the creation of apps using different AI models such as Meta's Llama 3 and OpenAI's GPT-4o. These applications can integrate data from uploaded files, including videos, and can be shared through a link.
We're excited to introduce Previews, a new feature that lets you see and interact with web applications generated directly in chats on Poe. Previews works particularly well with LLMs that excel at coding, including Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, and Gemini 1.5 Pro. (1/5) pic.twitter.com/aOqrr4Jv5M
— Poe (@poe_platform) July 8, 2024
Technical Capabilities and Comparisons
Previews supports HTML, CSS, and JavaScript output, offering more than simple text interactions. This positions it ahead of Anthropic's Artifacts, which is geared toward AI content editing but limited to Anthropic's models. In contrast, Quora's Previews works with a broad range of chatbots like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro, making it a flexible tool for those skilled in programming.
To use the Previews feature, users need to subscribe to Poe's premium plan at $20 per month. Although the Poe team has demonstrated various online demos, this reporter was unable to independently verify the feature due to the subscription requirement.
Controversy Surrounding Poe
The launch of Previews coincides with a period of scrutiny for Poe. A Wired investigation alleged that Poe allowed the download of paywalled articles from several publications, including The New York Times and The Atlantic, using Quora's Assistant chatbot. Quora has denied these allegations.
With the introduction of Previews, Quora is aiming to provide users with tools for developing interactive and dynamic content directly within chatbot interactions. This feature marks an advancement in the capabilities of AI chatbots, offering more interactivity and functionality.
