---
title: "A quote from Alex Albert (Anthropic)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-quote-from-alex-albert-anthropic--xqn6dpvjc
source_url: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Apr/18/alex-albert/
type: article
source: "Simon Willison"
published: 2024-04-18T00:24:57.487Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["anthropic", "claude"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# A quote from Alex Albert (Anthropic)

**[Simon Willison](https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

In mid-March, a line was added to the system prompt to clarify that Claude cannot open URLs, links, or videos, and instead asks the user to paste relevant text or image content directly into the conversation.

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