Claude 3.5 Sonnet can analyze images and describe their contents, such as identifying objects, people, and scenes, as well as recognizing text within images[5]. It also performs well on visual processing tasks and surpasses previous models on standard vision benchmarks[6]. However, Claude 3.5 Sonnet has limitations in interpreting visual data[2]. It cannot generate images, as it is a language model primarily designed for text processing[5].
Specific limitations of Claude 3.5 Sonnet in handling visual data include:
* It is not suitable for interpreting specialized medical images like CT scans and shouldn't be used for medical advice[2].
* It may not perform optimally when handling images with text of non-Latin alphabets, such as Japanese or Korean[2].
* It may misinterpret rotated or upside-down text or images[2].
* It may struggle to understand graphs or text where colors or styles like solid, dashed, or dotted lines vary[2].
* It struggles with tasks requiring precise spatial localization, such as identifying chess positions[2].
* It struggles with panoramic and fisheye images[2].
* It doesn't process original file names or metadata, and images are resized before analysis, affecting their original dimensions[2].
* It may give approximate counts for objects in images[2].
* It has a system to block the submission of CAPTCHAs for safety reasons[2].
Additionally, users should enlarge text within the image to improve readability for Claude 3.5 Sonnet, while avoiding cropping important details[2].
Citations:
[1] https://claude3.uk/what-is-claude-3-5-sonnet-limits/
[2] https://labelbox.com/product/model/foundry-models/claude-3-5-sonnet/
[3] https://blog.getmanifest.ai/claude-3-5-sonnet/
[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1dsrqhl/what_limitations_have_you_encountered_with_sonnet/
[5] https://claude3.pro/can-claude-3-5-sonnet-generate-images/
[6] https://www.cloudthat.com/resources/blog/claude-3-5-sonnet-enhancing-understanding-and-visual-data-processing
[7] https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-5-sonnet
[8] https://apidog.com/blog/claude-3-5-sonnet/